Bidspirit auction | POETAS DE HOJE. Lisboa. 1961-1972.

POETAS DE HOJE. Lisboa. 1961-1972. - POETAS DE HOJE . Lisboa: Portugália Editora, 1961-1972. 32 [de 39] v.; 200 mm. A set of 32 volumes from the ”Poetas de Hoje” collection, published by Portugália Editora in Lisbon between 1961 and 1972, in uniformly formatted paperbacks with covers designed by João da Câmara Leme. Portugália Editora was founded in 1940 by the industrialist Agostinho Fernandes, one of the most remarkable patrons of the Salazar regime. The ”Poetas de Hoje” (Poets of Today) collection is his most notable editorial legacy in the field of poetry—unanimously considered one of the most precious poetry series of the second half of the 20th century in Portugal, both for its selection of authors and its graphic design. The collection included poets from Portugal, Brazil, and other Lusophone literatures, as well as translated international authors. The collection described here, comprising 32 volumes out of 39 published up to 1972, is very difficult to assemble and constitutes one of the most complete on the market. Missing volumes are nos. 3 (Carlos de Oliveira, Poesia 1945-1960), 22 (José Saramago, Os Poemas Possíveis ), 24 (Nelly Sachs, Poemas de Nelly Sachs ), 25 (António Reis, Poemas Quotidianos ), 26 (Herberto Helder, Ofício Cantante ), 28 (Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Antologia 1944-1967), and 37 (Vasco Miranda, Dizer, Amar ). Among the titles included, the following stand out: the three volumes of Poetry by José Gomes Ferreira (nos. 2, 5 and 6), the most represented poet in the series; Complete Poems by Manuel da Fonseca (no. 7); Selected Poems by João Cabral de Melo Neto (no. 9); Occupation of Space by António Ramos Rosa (no. 12); Exile by Alberto de Lacerda (no. 13); Poetic Works of Cesário Verde, organized by Joel Serrão (no. 15); Complete Poems by António Gedeão (no. 17); Poetic Anthology of Carlos Drummond de Andrade (no. 18); Poems by Edmundo de Bettencourt with a preface by Herberto Helder (no. 14); Poems by Manuel Bandeira , selection and preface by Adolfo Casais Monteiro (no. 30); and Peregrinatio ad Loca Infecta by Jorge de Sena (no. 33). Titles included in the collection, in numerical order: 1. Álvaro Feijó, The Poems of Álvaro Feijó ; 2. José Gomes Ferreira, Poetry III ; 4. Saúl Dias, Poetic Works ; 5. José Gomes Ferreira, Poetry I ; 6. José Gomes Ferreira, Poetry II ; 7. Manuel da Fonseca, Complete Poems ; 8. Cabral do Nascimento, Songbook (1932-1962); 9. João Cabral de Melo Neto, Selected Poems ; 10. Egito Gonçalves, The Archives of Silence ; 11. José Fernandes Fafe, Kind Poetry ; 12. António Ramos Rosa, Occupation of Space ; 13. Alberto de Lacerda, Exile ; 14. Edmundo de Bettencourt, Poems by Edmundo de Bettencourt ; 15. Cesário Verde, Poetic Works of Cesário Verde ; 16. Luís Veiga Leitão, Cycle of Stones ; 17. António Gedeão, Complete Poems (1956-1967); 18. Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Poetic Anthology ; 19. Mário Dionísio, Memoirs of an Unknown Painter ; 20. João José Cochofel, 46th Anniversary ; 21. Reinaldo Ferreira, Poems ; 23. Eugénio de Andrade, Poems (1945-1965); 27. Arquimedes da Silva Santos, Captive Songs (1938-1958); 29. Alexandre Pinheiro Torres, Island of Exile ; 30. Manuel Bandeira, Poems of Manuel Bandeira ; 31. Ruy Cinatti, Descriptive Memoir ; 32. Adolfo Casais Monteiro, Complete Poems ; 33. Jorge de Sena, Peregrinatio ad Loca Infecta ; 34. António Ramos Rosa, The Construction of the Body ; 35. Alfredo Guisado, Time of Orpheus (1915-1918); 36. Raul de Carvalho, Unrecent Poems ; 38. João Rui de Sousa, Terrestrial Body ; 39. José Augusto Seabra, Tactile Time . Very rare set. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate