What is Cecília Meireles's full name?
Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles
Cecília Meireles date of birth:
November 7, 1901
How old was Cecília Meireles when died?
63
Where was Cecília Meireles born?
Rio de Janeiro City, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
When did Cecília Meireles die?
November 9, 1964
Where did Cecília Meireles die?
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Why did Cecília Meireles die?
Cancer
What is Cecília Meireles nationality?
Brazilian
What is Cecília Meireles's occupation?
Poet, educator
Cecília Meireles claim to fame:
Viagem (1939) - Vaga Música (1942) - Mar Absoluto (1945) - Retrato Natural (1949) - Romanceiro da Inconfidência (1953) - ...
Short Biography
Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles (1901 in Rio de Janeiro – 1964) was a Brazilian writer and educator, known principally as a poet. She is a canonical name of Brazilian Modernism, one of the great female poets in the Portuguese language, and is widely considered the best female poet from Brazil, though she combatted the word poetess because of gender discrimination.