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Claudio Willer
Birth Name:Claudio Jorge Willer
Birth Date:2 December 1940
Birth Place:São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Death Place:São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Occupation:Poet, translator, essayist, critic

Claudio Jorge Willer (2 December 1940 – 13 January 2023) was a Brazilian poet, translator, essayist and critic.

Life and career

Of German Jewish descent,[1] Willer graduated in psychology, from University of São Paulo (USP) (1966), and in Social and Political Sciences, from Fundação Escola de Sociologia e Política de São Paulo (1963), and received his PhD in literature, from USP, in the area of Comparative Studies of Portuguese Language Literatures, with the thesis Um Obscuro Encanto: Gnose, Gnosticismo e a Poesia Moderna, approved with distinction on 28 March 2008. He completed post-doctoral studies in 2011, also in literature at USP, with essays on the theme "Strange Religions, Mysticism and Poetry".

His poetic output stands out for its connection with surrealism and the Beat Generation. Willer also worked as a translator, translating works by Lautréamont, Antonin Artaud, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac to Portuguese.[2] Along with Sergio Lima and Roberto Piva, he was one of the few Brazilian poets mentioned in a review on surrealism in São Paulo, published in February 1965 by the French periodical La Bréche - Action Surréaliste, directed by André Breton.[3]

As a critic and essayist, he wrote for several Brazilian newspapers: Jornal da Tarde, Jornal do Brasil (section Ideias), Folha de S. Paulo, O Estado de S. Paulo, Correio Braziliense, Isto É and Cult magazines, and for alternative and independent press publications: Versus newspaper, Singular and Plural magazine, O Escritor da UBE newspaper, Linguagem Viva, Muito Mais, Página Central, Reserva Cultural (cinema), and others.

Willer died from bladder cancer in São Paulo, on 13 January 2023, at the age of 82.[4]

Selected works

Poetry

Prose and essay

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 13 January 2023 . Morre Claudio Willer, poeta, tradutor e divulgador da Geração Beat no Brasil . 13 January 2023 . O Globo.
  2. Web site: 13 January 2023 . Análise: Claudio Willer, poeta e xamã, encarou a poesia como um ato de rebeldia . 14 January 2023 . Folha de S.Paulo . pt-BR.
  3. Web site: 30 October 2014 . A famosa resenha em La Brèche – Action Surréaliste . 29 November 2022 . Claudio Willer . pt-BR.
  4. Web site: estadaoconteudo . Morre o poeta e tradutor Claudio Willer aos 82 anos . 13 January 2023 . Terra . pt-BR.

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