Letters sent to Ralph Edward Ingalls Dimmick, 1944-1997.

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Letters sent to Ralph Edward Ingalls Dimmick, 1944-1997.

Letters from Brazilian literary figures, including Manuel Bandeira, Stella Leonardos, Alceu Amoroso Lima, Jorge de Lima, Osman Lins, Cecľia Meireles, Galo Plaza Lasso, Marques Rebelo, and Erico Veríssimo. Additionally, there are poems by Bandeira and Leonardos, a transcript of a radio interview with de Lima, and a drawing by Veríssimo.

1 box (.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7796071

Houghton Library

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Veríssimo, Érico, 1905-1975

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Bandeira, Manuel, 1886-1968

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Lina, Alceu Amoroso, 1893-

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Lima, Jorge ˜deœ 1893-1953

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Dimmick, Ralph Edward Ingalls, 1916-,

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Ralph Edward Ingalls Dimmick earned a Ph D. in Romance Languages and Literature from Harvard University in 1941. After living in Brazil from 1943 to 1946, Dimmick taught Portugese and the Brazilian literature at Harvard University. In 1951, Dimmick left teaching and joined the Organization of American States. He served as contributing editor to the Library of Congress' Handbook of Latin American studies and translated works Brazilian literature into English including Manual Bandeira's A brief hi...

Rebêlo, Marques, 1907-1973

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Meireles, Cecília, 1901-1964

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Poet, educator, and journalist Cecília Meireles was a major representative of Brazilian Modernism, in which she mixed neo-symbolist themes of time's ephemerality and the contemplative life with the project of nationalistic vanguardism. She is widely regarded as one of the finest writers in the Portuguese language, as well as Brazil's greatest female poet. From the description of Cecília Meireles correspondence with José Bruges de Oliveira, 1949-1951. (Harvard University). WorldCat...

Lins, Osman, 1924-1978

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Leonardos, Stella

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Plaza Lasso, Galo, 1906-1986

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