Manoel de Barros

Manoel Wenceslau Leite de Barros (December 19, 1916 – November 13, 2014) was a Brazilian poet. He has won many awards for his work, including twice the Prêmio Jabuti (the "Tortoise Prize"),^[1] the most important literary award in Brazil.

Barros was born in Cuiaba. He is thought by his critics as one of the greatest Brazilian poets to had ever lived.^[2] The poet Carlos Drummond de Andrade said that Manoel de Barros is the biggest poet of Brazil.^[3]

In the year 1998 the poet was rewarded with the "National prize of Literature of the Ministry of the Culture from Brazil".

de Barros died in Campo Grande, Brazil, aged 96.

1. ↑ "Francesco Neves. Jabuti Laureate. March 2002". Brazzil.com. 2002-03-01. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
2. ↑ "Couto, José Geraldo. ''Beyond the Pantanal''. Translated by Jamie Sundquist. September 1999". Brazzil.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.
3. ↑ "Colombo, Patrícia. ''O poeta do povo''. Rolling Stone Brasil. On 23rd of January of 2010". Rollingstone.com.br. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2014-06-17.