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Cartas inéditas de Graciliano Ramos: Estilo, amizades, bastidores da criação literária e da história

2014; Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS); Volume: 49; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.15448/1984-7726.2014.2.15491

1984-7726

Ieda Lebensztayn,

Literary and Philosophical Studies

This paper provides a presentation of unpublished letters by Graciliano Ramos: Active, Passive and From Others. As only the letters exchanged with the writer’s family, in especial with Heloísa, with a friend and two Argentines translators were collected in books; the epistolary dialogues with other intellectuals, writers, translators, and editors demand attention. I have been collecting this material, which is in Graciliano Ramos’ Archive of IEB-USP and dispersed in books, journals, archives and sites, towards the publication of an annotated volume of the correspondence. The letters allow us to understand better the historical circumstances experienced by the writer, his affective and intellectual relationships, his reflections about the novels and literary projects. With his style, which includes self-irony and tenderness, the letters reveal Graciliano’s aesthetic and ethical rigor. Thus, my purpose is to broaden the understanding of his literary achievements and to contribute to the epistolography studies.