Cecília Meireles
(1901-1964)
Brazilian poet
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Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles (7 November 1901 – 9 November 1964) was a Brazilian writer and educator, known principally as a poet. She is a canonical name of Brazilian Modernism, one of the great female poets in the Portuguese language, and is widely considered the best female poet from Brazil, though she combatted the word poetess because of gender discrimination.
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Cecília Benevides de Carvalho Meireles 7 November 1901 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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9 November 1964 (aged 63) Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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| Zodiac | Scorpio |
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Maria Fernanda 3rd child with Fernando Correia Dias Female b. 27 Oct 1928 · Age: 96 · 1928- · Celebrity Baby
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