Cornélio Penna
Cornélio Penna | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 20, 1896 |
| Died | February 12, 1958 (aged 61) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | writer, painter, printmaker |
| Alma mater | Faculdade de Direito do Largo de São Francisco |
| Period | 1935 - 1954 |
| Notable works | A Menina Morta |
| Notable awards | Prêmio Carmem Dolores Barbosa |
Cornélio de Oliveira Penna (February 20, 1896 – February 12, 1958) was a Brazilian novelist and plastic artist, best known for pioneering psychological realism in Brazilian literature.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Petrópolis to a middle-class family, he soon moved to Itabira, a small rural town that would later inspire the settings of some of his novels. According to Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Cornélio was born, lived and died interiorly in Itabira.[3] He would then complete his secondary education in Campinas and go on to study at the Law School of São Paulo, where he earned his Bachelor's degree.[4]
Settled in Rio de Janeiro, he began working as a professional artist, holding solo exhibitions of his canvases and drawing illustrations for newspapers. There, he attended meetings held by the traditionalist Centro Dom Vital.[5] In the early 1930s, he abandoned his career as an artist to dedicate himself to literature.
His early novels drew the attention of many critics.[6] Alceu Amoroso Lima compared his prose and introspective themes to those of French-American author Julien Green. Antonio Candido, among other critics, recognized Penna, together with Octavio de Faria and Lúcio Cardoso, as representatives of an intimist style of realism, as opposed to the predominant socially-oriented regionalism of the time.[7]
He died in 1958, leaving behind an unfinished novel, Alma Branca, which was published posthmously in 2020 with other texts.
Bibliography
- Fronteira (1935)
- Dois Romances de Nico Horta (1938)
- Repouso (1948)
- A Menina Morta (1954)
- Alma Branca e outros escritos (2020)
References
- ^ "Cátedra Padre António Vieira de Estudos Portugueses :: Cornélio Penna, um escritor na contramão". catedravieira-ic.letras.puc-rio.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ Farias, Morais, Franklin (2015). "Lúcio Cardoso, Cornélio Penna e a retórica do Brasil profundo" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-10-12.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ viladeutopia (2023-10-11). "Cornélio Penna, que fez de Itabira a melhor amiga e fonte de inspiração, ganha busto e jardim em praça da rua Major Paulo". Vila de Utopia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ viladeutopia (2019-06-29). "Cornélio Penna considera-se um fantasma, porém não acredita em assombração". Vila de Utopia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ Schincariol, Marcelo Tadeu (2009). "A ARTE COMPLEXA DE SER INFELIZ: - A ficção de Cornélio Penna" (PDF). Universidade Estadual de Campinas: 32.
- ^ Rodrigues, Danielle (2014). ""Mistérios e revelações em Fronteira e Inácio"". ContraPonto (in Portuguese). 4 (5): 59–70. ISSN 2237-9940.
- ^ Bueno, Teresinha Aparecida Peron (2009-02-20). Um romance entre fronteiras: uma leitura do primeiro romance de Cornelio Penna (dissertação thesis) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universidade de São Paulo.