Posted by: expatbrazil | 5 July, 2008

Expat Tales: Elizabeth Bishop, American Poet

Elizabeth Bishop

Elizabeth Bishop

Lived in Brazil from 1956 to 1971

Died: Oct. 1979 - Worcester, MA, USA

Elizabeth Bishop is considered among the most significant American authors of the twentieth century, and lived and wrote in Brazil for nearly twenty years. For several years she was the Poet Laureate of the United States, and she received the Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, and many other prizes in recognition of her literary excellence.
(US Consulate Rio)

LINKS:

> Elizabeth Bishop - Vassar College

> Elizabeth Bishop - Wiki

> Lota de Macedo Soares - Wiki

> Modern American Poetry

> NYT reviews

> Some of her poems

> Last Poem: The Sonnet

> The U.S. Consulate Launches the Elizabeth Bishop Space within Botafogo Public Library

> The Play

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Dr. Alexander Lénard. Dona Emma, Santa Catarina. 1910 - 1972. Hungarian Physician. Lutheran/Jew. Polyglot. He translated Winnie the Pooh into Latin. It was a ‘best seller’. Still in print. Winnie ille Pu.

He wrote ‘Valley of the Latin Bear’ in English. Then he wrote it again (not translated) in German. And then he wrote it again in Hungarian. He didn’t write it first in Hungarian because he figured he’d never get it published.

During World War 2 he lived in Rome. He spent time in the papal library studying and writing about the medical practices of the middle ages. He did many other things besides. After the war he helped the United Stated military to identify the remains of servicemen. He was offered a position as Professor of Medical History at a university in Hungary. He declined the offer because he figured he wouldn’t make a good communist. Then he was offered a job in Korea to identify the remains of American servicemen. He declined this as well. He moved to Brazil because it was a great big green place on the map of the world.

This man is one of my heroes. He arrived in Brazil about 1953. He was a genius and a kind, compassionate man.

He is why I want to go to Brazil.

:)

By: gabriella on 7 July, 2008
at 9:29 pm

I don’t visit your blog often enough - I always enjoy your entries. This one is especially good. congratulations.
gingerv

By: GingerV on 8 July, 2008
at 4:38 pm

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