Machado, Gilka (1893–1980)
Machado, Gilka (1893–1980)
Brazilian poet. Name variations: Gilka da Costa de Melo Machado. Born Mar 12, 1893, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; died 1980 in Rio de Janeiro; m. Rodolfo de Melo Machado (died 1923).
Worked for Rio Railway Co.; poetry collections include Cristais partidos (1915), Estado de alma (1917), Poesias: 1915–1917 (1918), Mulher nu (1922), Meu glorioso pecado (1928), Sublimação (1938), and Velha poesia (1965). Won Machado de Assis Prize from Academia Brasileira de Letras (1979).
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