Paulo Leminski
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Leminski in 1985
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Paulo Leminski Filho August 24, 1944 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| Died | June 7, 1989 (aged 44) Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Occupation | Poet, judoka, biographer, translator, teacher, literary critic |
| Notable work | Catatau, Distraídos Venceremos, Agora É que São Elas, Haitropikais, Caprichos e Relaxos |
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| Children | 3 |
| Parent(s) | Paulo Leminski II Áurea Pereira Mendes |
Paulo Leminski Filho (August 24, 1944 – June 7, 1989) was a Brazilian poet, translator, literary critic, biographer, teacher and judoka. He was famous for his avant-garde concrete poems and haiku.
Leminski was born in Curitiba, in the Brazilian state of Paraná, in 1944. His father, Paulo Leminski II, was of Polish descent, and his mother, Áurea Pereira Mendes, was of Portuguese, Afro-Brazilian and indigenous descent. In 1958, Leminski was sent to the Monastery of Saint Benedict in São Paulo, where he stayed throughout the whole year. During the First Congress of Brazilian Experimental Poetry in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, he would meet Haroldo de Campos, who would become one of his long-time friends and major influences. In 1961, with only seventeen years old, he would marry Neiva Maria de Sousa, a plastic artist; their relationship would last for seven years, until they divorced. In 1964 he published his first poems in the magazine Invenção, founded by Décio Pignatari, Haroldo de Campos and his brother Augusto. In 1965 he became a history and creative writing teacher, even though he had never finished college. He was also an expert judo sensei.
In 1968 he married for the second time, now with also poet Alice Ruiz, and had with her three children: Miguel Ângelo (who died prematurely due to a lymphoma), Áurea (named after Leminski's mother) and Estrela Ruiz Leminski, who would also become a poet, artist and musician. He moved temporarily to Rio de Janeiro in 1969, returning to Curitiba in the following year.
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