Adalgisa Nery (October 29, 1905 – June 7, 1980) was a Brazilian poet, journalist and politician.
Biography
She was born in Rio de Janeiro as Adalgisa Maria Feliciana Noel Cancela Ferreira, the daughter of a civil servant. In 1922 she married Ismael Nery (1900–1934), a painter and poet who introduced Adalgisa to a circle of Brazilian artists and intellectuals that included Manuel Bandeira, Jorge de Lima and Murilo Mendes. The Nerys lived in Europe from 1927 to 1929, where they met the artist Marc Chagall and the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. Ismael died of tuberculosis in 1934, leaving Adalgisa with two sons.
Nery spent the last years of her life in increasing depression and seclusion. She died in a retirement home in Rio de Janeiro.
Various short stories and poems by Nery have been translated into English, French, German and Italian.
Works
- Poemas 1937
- A mulher ausente (poems) 1940
- Og (short stories) 1943
- Ar do deserto (poems) 1943
- Cantas de angústia (poems) 1948
- As fronteiras da quarta dimensão (poems) 1952
- A imaginária (novel) 1959
- Mundos oscilantes (poems) 1962
- Retrato sem retoque (collection of newspaper columns) 1966
- 22 menos 1 (short stories) 1972
- Neblina (novel) 1972
- Erosão (poems) 1973
References
Sources
Callado, Ana Arruda. Adalgisa Nery: muito amada e muito só. Rio de Janeiro: Relume Dumará, 1999.