Victor Heringer Explained

Victor Heringer
Birth Name:Victor Doblas Heringer
Birth Date:March 27, 1988
Birth Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Death Place:Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation:Author, translator
Language:Portuguese
Alma Mater:Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Genre:Novel, poetry, crônica
Notableworks:Glória (2012)
O Amor dos Homens Avulsos (2016)
Awards:Prêmio Jabuti (2013)
Years Active:2011–2018

Victor Doblas Heringer (March 27, 1988 – March 7, 2018) was a Brazilian Prêmio Jabuti-winning novelist, translator, cronista and poet, famous for his novels Glória (2012) and O Amor dos Homens Avulsos (2016).

Biography

Victor Doblas Heringer was born on March 27, 1988, to a family of German descent[1] in Rio de Janeiro, in the bairro (neighborhood) of São Cristóvão, but was raised in Nova Friburgo.[2] [3] Graduated in Literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, before publishing his first books he worked at the Instituto Moreira Salles[4] and at the Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa after obtaining a scholarship for the latter. Between 2014 and 2017 he had a weekly column in the magazine Pessoa,[5] and also periodically wrote for the Pernambuco-based magazine Continente,[6] among many others.

Heringer's debut work, the poetry collection Automatógrafo, was released through 7Letras in 2011. The following year, he published the critically acclaimed novel Glória, about a "plastic artist searching for an impossible woman", for which he received the prestigious Prêmio Jabuti in 2013.[7] [8] Heringer's second novel, O Amor dos Homens Avulsos, came out in 2016 through Companhia das Letras,[9] [10] [11] and tells the story "of two boys who fall in love with each other, but have their passion interrupted by a tragedy";[12] it was nominated for the Prêmio Rio de Literatura, the São Paulo Prize for Literature and the Prêmio Oceanos.[13] He claims that the fictional carioca neighborhood of Queím, in which the novel takes place, was inspired by the real-life neighborhood of Del Castilho, where he used to visit his grandmother when he was a kid, as well as by his childhood memories of Rio's North Zone as a whole.[14] [15]

Heringer's final work to be published during his lifetime was a translation to Portuguese of Loung Ung's 2000 memoir First They Killed My Father, which came out in Brazil in 2017 through HarperCollins.[16] [17] The same year, he was included by Forbes Brasil in their "UNDER 30 in Literature" list,[18] and one of his poems was featured in the anthology É Agora como Nunca, edited by singer Adriana Calcanhotto.[19]

Throughout most of his life Heringer struggled with depression.[20] On March 7, 2018, three weeks prior to his 30th birthday, he was found dead near his apartment in Copacabana following an apparent suicide by self-defenestration.[2] [21] [22] On June 9, 2018, his publisher Companhia das Letras announced that, as a tribute to him, they would re-issue all of his works; they had already re-published his first novel Glória some months prior,[23] and a volume of his complete poetry, containing previously unpublished pieces and originally announced for a 2019 release,[24] eventually came out in 2024.[25] In one of his final interviews, from October 2017, he stated that he was working on a third novel, scheduled to be published in 2018 and inspired by his travels across South America, India and Indonesia, but it is unknown if he was able to finish it prior to his death.[7]

A posthumous collection containing seventy of Heringer's crônicas, Vida Desinteressante, came out through Companhia das Letras in 2021;[26] [27] it was nominated for another Prêmio Jabuti the following year.[28] An English translation of O Amor dos Homens Avulsos was published by Peirene Press on July 11, 2023,[29] following an earlier translation to Italian by Safarà Editore.[30] The English translation was a finalist for the 2023 John Leonard Prize given by the National Book Critics Circle.[31]

Bibliography

Poetry
Novels
Crônicas
Translation

Notes

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Elogio de um amigo teuto-carioca: sobre o escritor Victor Heringer. UOL. March 13, 2018. February 23, 2019. Portuguese.
  2. Web site: Aos 29 anos, morre no Rio o escritor Victor Heringer. O Globo. March 7, 2018. August 25, 2018. Portuguese.
  3. Web site: Criado em Friburgo, escritor Victor Heringer morre aos 29 anos. A Voz da Serra. March 9, 2018. July 16, 2023. Portuguese.
  4. Web site: Sobre Victor Heringer. Blog do IMS. March 8, 2018. August 25, 2018. Portuguese.
  5. https://www.revistapessoa.com/colunas/102/victor-heringer Revista Pessoa – Colunas: Victor Heringer
  6. Web site: Os sinos que dobram e os homens que não se dobram. Revista Continente. March 26, 2018. August 1, 2017. Victor Heringer.
  7. Web site: Escritor Victor Heringer, finalista do Prêmio Jabuti, morre aos 29 anos. Correio Braziliense. March 8, 2018. August 25, 2018. Portuguese.
  8. Web site: Absurdo e divertido, romance Glória nos faz rir onde deveria nos fazer chorar. Folha de S.Paulo. January 25, 2019. October 16, 2019. Portuguese. subscription.
  9. Web site: 'Escrever é uma reação um tanto patética contra o desaparecimento inevitável de tudo que existe'. Jornal Opção. November 12, 2016. November 20, 2023. Portuguese.
  10. Web site: Multiplataforma, Victor Heringer pediu ajuda na rede para escrever seu novo livro. Época. September 2, 2016. August 12, 2020. Portuguese.
  11. Web site: Victor Heringer, ativista da ternura e do afeto. Bolívar Torres. O Globo. August 23, 2016. January 2, 2021. Portuguese. subscription.
  12. Web site: Morre o escritor carioca Victor Heringer. Folha de S.Paulo. March 7, 2018. August 25, 2018. Portuguese.
  13. Web site: Difusão da língua portuguesa distingue Prêmio Oceanos. Correio Braziliense. November 23, 2017. June 11, 2024. Portuguese.
  14. Web site: O Amor dos Homens Avulsos, de Victor Heringer, recria um mundo de afetos e dores através da memória. Porco Espinho. December 8, 2021. May 25, 2023. Portuguese.
  15. Web site: Uma maneira de estar no mundo. Deriva. February 9, 2017. May 25, 2023. Portuguese.
  16. Web site: Primeiro Mataram Meu Pai, livro que inspirou filme de Angelina Jolie, chega ao Brasil. Omelete. September 12, 2017. August 25, 2018. Portuguese.
  17. Web site: Resenha: Primeiro Mataram Meu Pai, livro que inspirou filme de Angelina Jolie. Blah Cultural. October 20, 2017. August 25, 2018. Portuguese.
  18. Web site: Victor Heringer, UNDER 30 em 2017, é encontrado morto no Rio. Forbes Brasil. March 8, 2018. January 2, 2021. Portuguese.
  19. Web site: Adriana Calcanhotto apresenta nova safra de poetas do Rio. O Globo. February 12, 2017. November 20, 2023. Portuguese.
  20. Web site: Na flor da idade. Veja. June 19, 2018. February 24, 2019. Portuguese. subscription.
  21. Web site: Suicídios no Brasil, o país onde o passado não passa. Combate Racismo Ambiental. May 7, 2018. February 16, 2019. Portuguese.
  22. Web site: CONSIDERAÇÕES EM TORNO DE "O AMOR DOS HOMENS AVULSOS", DE VICTOR HERINGER. Psychiatry Online Brasil. May 2, 2018. February 23, 2019. Portuguese.
  23. Web site: Vendas de livro de Victor Heringer disparam e editora vai reunir obra do autor. Folha de S.Paulo. June 9, 2018. August 25, 2018. Portuguese. subscription.
  24. Web site: Oito meses após a morte de Victor Heringer, Glória ganha reedição, e poesias inéditas saem em 2019. O Globo. November 9, 2018. February 24, 2019. Portuguese.
  25. Web site: Não Sou Poeta: Poesia Reunida. Companhia das Letras. May 24, 2024. Portuguese.
  26. Web site: 'Anticrônicas' de Victor Heringer ganham edição. Rascunho. September 9, 2021. November 20, 2021. Portuguese.
  27. Web site: De Victor Heringer, 'Vida Desinteressante' é mote de uma geração. ISTOÉ. January 4, 2022. December 6, 2023. Portuguese.
  28. Web site: Prêmio Jabuti 2022 anuncia finalistas. Rascunho. October 26, 2022. May 24, 2023. Portuguese.
  29. Web site: The Love of Singular Men. Peirene Press. May 24, 2023.
  30. Web site: L'amore degli uomini soli – Victor Heringer. Safarà Editore. May 24, 2023. Italian.
  31. https://www.bookcritics.org/awards/ "National Book Critics Circle: 2023 NBCC Award Winners"

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