Bernardo Guimarães

(1825-1884)

Brazilian writer

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Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães (August 15, 1825 – March 10, 1884) was a Brazilian poet and novelist. He is the author of the famous romances A Escrava Isaura and O Seminarista. He also introduced to Brazilian poetry the verso bestialógico (roughly silly verse), also referred to as pantagruélico (in a reference to Rabelais's character Pantagruel) — poems whose verses are very nonsensical, although very metrical. Under the verso bestialógico, he wrote polemical erotic verses, such as "O Elixir do Pajé" (The Witchdoctor's Elixir) and "A Origem do Mênstruo" (The Origin of Menstruation). A non-erotic poem written in verso bestialógico is "Eu Vi dos Polos o Gigante Alado" (From the Poles I Saw the Winged Giant).

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Born	Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães 15 August 1825 Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Died	10 March 1884 (aged 58) Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Zodiac	Leo
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