Olavo Bilac
Olavo Bilac , 1865-1918, Brazilian poet, journalist, and critic. He was the chief poet of the Brazilian group related to the French Parnassians . His writings have an enameled elegance as well as sensual richness that gained them enduring acclaim. Some of them are gathered in Poesias (1888) and Tarde [afternoon] (1919).
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The beauty of words.(Newsmakers)
Magazine article from: Jet; 10/11/2004; 111 words
; ...University (OH) summa cum laude graduate also served as the U.S. poet laureate from 1993 to 1995. At age 40 she was the youngest person and the first African-American to receive the high honor. Dove will serve as Virginia's chief poet for two years.
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Brazilian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...style. Contemporary with Machado de Assis were the Parnassian poets, headed by Olavo Bilac , but theirs was an isolated trend. Seven years before the appearance of Bilac's Poesias, Aluísio de Azevedo had published O Mulato (1881), a novel that dealt...
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