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Ruth Guimarães

January 01, 1970

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Guimarães and the second or paternal family name is Botelho.

Ruth Guimarães Botelho (June 13, 1920 – May 21, 2014) was the first Afro-Brazilian author to gain a national audience and critical attention for her novels, short stories, and poetry. A classical scholar, she translated works from French, Italian and Spanish and studied Greek and Latin, though her works reflected fables, folklore, herbal medicines and legends of Afro-Brazil. She established several cultural preservation societies, served as head of the Ministry of Culture for Municipality of Cruzeiro, São Paulo, and was a member of the São Paulo Academy of Letters.

Ruth Guimarães
Guimarães in 2013
Born
Ruth Guimarães Botelho

(1920-06-13)13 June 1920
Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
Died21 May 2014(2014-05-21) (aged 93)
Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Occupationwriter
Years active1938–2013
Known forfirst Afro-Brazilian author with a nationwide audience
Notable workÁgua Funda (Deep Water)
SpouseJosé Botelho Netto
Children9

Biography edit

Ruth Guimarães Botelho was born on 13 June 1920 in Cachoeira Paulista, São Paulo, Brazil.[1] From a young age she enjoyed reading and began writing her first pieces at the age of ten and submitting them to the paper O Cachoeirense. Her father had a library of classical works and her mother read romantic literature, which influenced her. When her parents died, she was quite young and she went to live with her maternal grandparents, attending school in Guará. She later attended high school in Lorena[2] and then in 1935 attended the Escola Normal Padre Anchieta in São Paulo to earn her teaching credentials.[3] In 1938,[4] she entered the University of São Paulo, where she studied classical literature[1] and philosophy. She also studied anthropology and folklore with Mário de Andrade, delving into the customs and legends of her African roots.[4]

Guimarães continued writing during her schooling, publishing in Correio Paulistano[2] and then she became a proofreader and translator for several publishers including Cultrix,[4] and O Diaulas. Among the works she translated were Dostoyevsky from French, Balzac, Prosper Mérimée and Oscar Wilde, including many works from Italian and Spanish.[2] She was very interested in language and studied both Greek and Latin,[3] and though she found the intelligentsia stimulating, she considered herself a rustic hillbilly, often repeating "eu sou caipira" (I am a [country] hick).[3][4][5][6] Though there were more lucrative employment opportunities in São Paulo, Guimarães preferred to return to the Paraíba Valley when she completed her education.[4]

Career edit

Returning home, Guimarães worked several jobs to help support her family, first her brothers[3] and later her husband, José Botelho Netto, and nine children.[7] Her first contribution to a major newspaper was a poem called "Caboclo[8]", published when she was 19, in São Paulo. Later, she wrote a permanent column in the newspapers Folha de S. Paulo and O Estado de S. Paulo[5] as well as writing for several years for Revista Manchete[7] and the bimonthly Revista do Globo, of Porto Alegre.[9] She served as head of the Department of Culture for the Municipality of Cruzeiro, São Paulo, until her retirement.[3] Between 2010 and 2013 she also wrote a weekly column in the newspaper ValeParaibano of São José dos Campos.[10]

In 1946, Guimarães published her first book, entitled Água funda (Deep Water),[9] which won wide critical acclaim and propelled her to national attention. She was the first Afro-Brazilian to gain a nationwide audience,[4] though she wrote the book in the local dialect of the Paraíba Valley[3] on topics of everyday life[5] including disease, misfortune and mystery.[4] These would become signatures and recurring themes in her works,[6] weaving the fables, folklore, herbal medicines and legends of Afro-Brazil into her works. In addition to writing her own novels, short stories and poems, she took up translating again in the 1950s, publishing works of Italian poet Sergio Corazzini in Revista do Globo and later in the 1960s did translations for Editora Cultrix.[9] Her more than 50 books[10] include dictionaries and encyclopedias[9] literary works and children's stories.[6]

Proud of her roots, she encouraged others to study their heritage,[11] teaching and founding many organizations, like the Cachoeirense Academy of Letters, the Valdomiro Silveira Folklore Museum, and a Guarda Mirim, youth program.[12] After having previously declined to take on another responsibility,[3] in 2008, Guimarães accepted an election to the São Paulo Academy of Letters[1] and worked with them on a project to reclaim Brazilian stories.[10]

Guimarães died on 21 May 2014 in Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil[4] and was buried in the family plot in Cruzeiro.[10]

Selected works edit

Guimarães has written over fifty publications, including:[13]

  • Guimarães, Ruth (1946). Água Funda (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre, Brazil: Edição da Livraria do Globo.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1950). Os filhos do mêdo (in Portuguese). Porto Alegre, Brazil: Editôra Globo.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1960). Mulheres célebres (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editôra Cultrix.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1960). As mães na lenda e na história (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editôra Cultrix.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1961). Líderes religiosos (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editôra Cultrix.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1968). Lendas e fábulas do Brasil (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editôra Cultrix.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1972). Dicionário da mitologia grega (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editôra Cultrix.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1975). Grandes enigmas da história (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editôra Cultrix.
  • Guimarães, Ruth; Roque da Silva, Rolando (1986). Contos de Alphonse Daudet (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editôra Cultrix.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1986). Medicina mágica: as simpatias (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Global Editora.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1991). Crônicas valeparaibanas (in Portuguese). Caçapava, Brazil: Centro de Recursos Educacionais.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (1996). Contos de cidadezinha (in Portuguese). Lorena, Brazil: Centro Cultural Teresa D'Avila.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (2003). Água Funda (in Portuguese). Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Nova Fronteira.
  • Guimarães, Ruth (2006). Calidoscópio: a saga de Pedro Malazarte (in Portuguese). São José dos Campos, Brazil: JAC Gráfica e Editora.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c O Estado de S. Paulo 2014.
  2. ^ a b c Lourenço Barbosa 2008, p. 1.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Lourenço Barbosa 2008, p. 2.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Jaffe 2014.
  5. ^ a b c Museu Afrobrasil 2014.
  6. ^ a b c Nunes 2014.
  7. ^ a b Gabriel & Márcia 2011.
  8. ^ D'Onofrio, Silvio Tamaso; Sonderegger, Arno (2020). "A Biographical Essay on Ruth Guimarães: A Black Writer in Brazil in the 1940s" (PDF). Stichproben - Vienna Journal of African Studies. 20 (38). University of Vienna: 131–161. doi:10.25365/phaidra.138.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link)
  9. ^ a b c d Lentz & Guerini 2006.
  10. ^ a b c d Prado 2014.
  11. ^ Almanaque Urupês 2014.
  12. ^ de Faria Condé 2013.
  13. ^ "Search results for 'Ruth Guimarães'". WorldCat. Retrieved 11 February 2016.

Sources edit

  • de Faria Condé, Juraci (December 2013). "Ruth Guimarães: Guarda-Chaves da Cultura Vale Paraibana". Jornal O Lince (in Portuguese) (54). Aparecida, Brazil. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • Gabriel, Sônia; Márcia, Pércila (30 December 2011). "Ruth Guimarães". Escritoras do Vale do Paraíba (in Portuguese). São José dos Campos, Brazil: Pequeno Dicionário das Escritoras do Vale do Paraíba. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • Jaffe, Noemi (21 May 2014). "Morre Ruth Guimarães, da Academia Paulista de Letras, aos 93 anos". Folha de S.Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • Lentz, Gleiton; Guerini, Andréia (18 October 2006). "Ruth Guimarães" (in Portuguese). Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil: Dicionario de Tradutores Literários no Brasil. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • Lourenço Barbosa, Alexandre Marcos (September 2008). "Ruth Guimarães: 29 August 2008". Jornal O Lince (in Portuguese). 2 (21). Aparecida, Brazil: 1–3. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • Nunes, Augusto (25 May 2014). "Imagens em Movimento: Ruth Guimarães Botelho, uma mestra na arte de contar histórias" (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Editora Abril. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • Prado, Paula Maria (21 May 2014). "Escritora Ruth Guimarães morre aos 93 anos" (in Portuguese). São José dos Campos, Brazil: O Vale. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • (in Portuguese). Taubaté, Brazil: Almanaque Urupês. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2015. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • "Morre a escritora Ruth Guimarães". Museu Afrobrasil (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil: Secretaria da Cultura. 22 May 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  • "Morre a escritora Ruth Guimarães". O Estado de S. Paulo (in Portuguese). São Paulo, Brazil. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

External links edit

  • WorldCat publications

January 01, 1970
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In this Portuguese name the first or maternal family name is Guimaraes and the second or paternal family name is Botelho Ruth Guimaraes Botelho June 13 1920 May 21 2014 was the first Afro Brazilian author to gain a national audience and critical attention for her novels short stories and poetry A classical scholar she translated works from French Italian and Spanish and studied Greek and Latin though her works reflected fables folklore herbal medicines and legends of Afro Brazil She established several cultural preservation societies served as head of the Ministry of Culture for Municipality of Cruzeiro Sao Paulo and was a member of the Sao Paulo Academy of Letters Ruth GuimaraesGuimaraes in 2013BornRuth Guimaraes Botelho 1920 06 13 13 June 1920Cachoeira Paulista Sao Paulo BrazilDied21 May 2014 2014 05 21 aged 93 Cachoeira Paulista Sao Paulo BrazilNationalityBrazilianOccupationwriterYears active1938 2013Known forfirst Afro Brazilian author with a nationwide audienceNotable workAgua Funda Deep Water SpouseJose Botelho NettoChildren9 Contents 1 Biography 2 Career 3 Selected works 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksBiography editRuth Guimaraes Botelho was born on 13 June 1920 in Cachoeira Paulista Sao Paulo Brazil 1 From a young age she enjoyed reading and began writing her first pieces at the age of ten and submitting them to the paper O Cachoeirense Her father had a library of classical works and her mother read romantic literature which influenced her When her parents died she was quite young and she went to live with her maternal grandparents attending school in Guara She later attended high school in Lorena 2 and then in 1935 attended the Escola Normal Padre Anchieta in Sao Paulo to earn her teaching credentials 3 In 1938 4 she entered the University of Sao Paulo where she studied classical literature 1 and philosophy She also studied anthropology and folklore with Mario de Andrade delving into the customs and legends of her African roots 4 Guimaraes continued writing during her schooling publishing in Correio Paulistano 2 and then she became a proofreader and translator for several publishers including Cultrix 4 and O Diaulas Among the works she translated were Dostoyevsky from French Balzac Prosper Merimee and Oscar Wilde including many works from Italian and Spanish 2 She was very interested in language and studied both Greek and Latin 3 and though she found the intelligentsia stimulating she considered herself a rustic hillbilly often repeating eu sou caipira I am a country hick 3 4 5 6 Though there were more lucrative employment opportunities in Sao Paulo Guimaraes preferred to return to the Paraiba Valley when she completed her education 4 Career editReturning home Guimaraes worked several jobs to help support her family first her brothers 3 and later her husband Jose Botelho Netto and nine children 7 Her first contribution to a major newspaper was a poem called Caboclo 8 published when she was 19 in Sao Paulo Later she wrote a permanent column in the newspapers Folha de S Paulo and O Estado de S Paulo 5 as well as writing for several years for Revista Manchete 7 and the bimonthly Revista do Globo of Porto Alegre 9 She served as head of the Department of Culture for the Municipality of Cruzeiro Sao Paulo until her retirement 3 Between 2010 and 2013 she also wrote a weekly column in the newspaper ValeParaibano of Sao Jose dos Campos 10 In 1946 Guimaraes published her first book entitled Agua funda Deep Water 9 which won wide critical acclaim and propelled her to national attention She was the first Afro Brazilian to gain a nationwide audience 4 though she wrote the book in the local dialect of the Paraiba Valley 3 on topics of everyday life 5 including disease misfortune and mystery 4 These would become signatures and recurring themes in her works 6 weaving the fables folklore herbal medicines and legends of Afro Brazil into her works In addition to writing her own novels short stories and poems she took up translating again in the 1950s publishing works of Italian poet Sergio Corazzini in Revista do Globo and later in the 1960s did translations for Editora Cultrix 9 Her more than 50 books 10 include dictionaries and encyclopedias 9 literary works and children s stories 6 Proud of her roots she encouraged others to study their heritage 11 teaching and founding many organizations like the Cachoeirense Academy of Letters the Valdomiro Silveira Folklore Museum and a Guarda Mirim youth program 12 After having previously declined to take on another responsibility 3 in 2008 Guimaraes accepted an election to the Sao Paulo Academy of Letters 1 and worked with them on a project to reclaim Brazilian stories 10 Guimaraes died on 21 May 2014 in Cachoeira Paulista Brazil 4 and was buried in the family plot in Cruzeiro 10 Selected works editGuimaraes has written over fifty publications including 13 Guimaraes Ruth 1946 Agua Funda in Portuguese Porto Alegre Brazil Edicao da Livraria do Globo Guimaraes Ruth 1950 Os filhos do medo in Portuguese Porto Alegre Brazil Editora Globo Guimaraes Ruth 1960 Mulheres celebres in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Cultrix Guimaraes Ruth 1960 As maes na lenda e na historia in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Cultrix Guimaraes Ruth 1961 Lideres religiosos in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Cultrix Guimaraes Ruth 1968 Lendas e fabulas do Brasil in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Cultrix Guimaraes Ruth 1972 Dicionario da mitologia grega in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Cultrix Guimaraes Ruth 1975 Grandes enigmas da historia in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Cultrix Guimaraes Ruth Roque da Silva Rolando 1986 Contos de Alphonse Daudet in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Cultrix Guimaraes Ruth 1986 Medicina magica as simpatias in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Global Editora Guimaraes Ruth 1991 Cronicas valeparaibanas in Portuguese Cacapava Brazil Centro de Recursos Educacionais Guimaraes Ruth 1996 Contos de cidadezinha in Portuguese Lorena Brazil Centro Cultural Teresa D Avila Guimaraes Ruth 2003 Agua Funda in Portuguese Rio de Janeiro Brazil Nova Fronteira Guimaraes Ruth 2006 Calidoscopio a saga de Pedro Malazarte in Portuguese Sao Jose dos Campos Brazil JAC Grafica e Editora References edit a b c O Estado de S Paulo 2014 a b c Lourenco Barbosa 2008 p 1 a b c d e f g Lourenco Barbosa 2008 p 2 a b c d e f g h Jaffe 2014 a b c Museu Afrobrasil 2014 a b c Nunes 2014 a b Gabriel amp Marcia 2011 D Onofrio Silvio Tamaso Sonderegger Arno 2020 A Biographical Essay on Ruth Guimaraes A Black Writer in Brazil in the 1940s PDF Stichproben Vienna Journal of African Studies 20 38 University of Vienna 131 161 doi 10 25365 phaidra 138 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint date and year link a b c d Lentz amp Guerini 2006 a b c d Prado 2014 Almanaque Urupes 2014 de Faria Conde 2013 Search results for Ruth Guimaraes WorldCat Retrieved 11 February 2016 Sources editde Faria Conde Juraci December 2013 Ruth Guimaraes Guarda Chaves da Cultura Vale Paraibana Jornal O Lince in Portuguese 54 Aparecida Brazil Retrieved 30 January 2016 Gabriel Sonia Marcia Percila 30 December 2011 Ruth Guimaraes Escritoras do Vale do Paraiba in Portuguese Sao Jose dos Campos Brazil Pequeno Dicionario das Escritoras do Vale do Paraiba Retrieved 30 January 2016 Jaffe Noemi 21 May 2014 Morre Ruth Guimaraes da Academia Paulista de Letras aos 93 anos Folha de S Paulo in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Retrieved 30 January 2016 Lentz Gleiton Guerini Andreia 18 October 2006 Ruth Guimaraes in Portuguese Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina Florianopolis Brazil Dicionario de Tradutores Literarios no Brasil Retrieved 30 January 2016 Lourenco Barbosa Alexandre Marcos September 2008 Ruth Guimaraes 29 August 2008 Jornal O Lince in Portuguese 2 21 Aparecida Brazil 1 3 Retrieved 30 January 2016 Nunes Augusto 25 May 2014 Imagens em Movimento Ruth Guimaraes Botelho uma mestra na arte de contar historias in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Editora Abril Retrieved 30 January 2016 Prado Paula Maria 21 May 2014 Escritora Ruth Guimaraes morre aos 93 anos in Portuguese Sao Jose dos Campos Brazil O Vale Retrieved 30 January 2016 Morre aos 93 anos a escritora Ruth Guimaraes in Portuguese Taubate Brazil Almanaque Urupes 21 May 2014 Archived from the original on 30 November 2015 Retrieved 30 January 2016 Morre a escritora Ruth Guimaraes Museu Afrobrasil in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil Secretaria da Cultura 22 May 2014 Retrieved 30 January 2016 Morre a escritora Ruth Guimaraes O Estado de S Paulo in Portuguese Sao Paulo Brazil 21 May 2014 Retrieved 30 January 2016 External links editWorldCat publications Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ruth Guimaraes amp oldid 1215238748, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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