Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão ( 15 August 1938 – 19 January 2007) was a Portuguese

Portugal

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 poet

Poetry

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, dramatist

Dramaturgy

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, translator

Translation

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 and essay

Essay

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ist.

Life

Born in Lisbon

Lisbon

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, she lived in Carcavelos

Carcavelos

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 until the age of 18. Studied in St. Julian's School and in the University of Lisbon.
She worked as a theatre critic and translated works from German, English and French literature

Literature

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. Also did historic and literary research on the Portuguese 16th century.
In 1974 she was one of the founders of the "Teatro Hoje" theatre

Theatre

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 company.

Her first book, Em Cada Pedra Um Voo Imóvel, is from 1958. In 1961 she participated in the collective publication Poesia 61 together with Gastão Cruz, Casimiro de Brito, Luiza Neto Jorge and Maria Teresa Horta

Maria Teresa Horta

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.

Some of her most admired works appeared late in her life, including Epístolas e memorandos (1996) and Cenas vivas (2000). Both in 1996 and 2000, Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão was distinguished with the Portuguese Writers Association's Poetry Prize.

Works

Poetry:

• Morfismos (1961)
• Barcas Novas (1967)
• Novas visões do passado (1975)
• Homenagemàliteratura (1976)
• F de Fiama (1986)
• Três Rostos (1989)
• Movimento Perpétuo (1992)
• Epístolas e Memorandos (1996)
• Cenas Vivas (2000)
• As Fábulas (2002)

Theatre:

• Os Chapéus de Chuva (1961)
• A Campanha (1965)
• Quem Move as Árvores (1979)
• Teatro-Teatro (1990)

Prose:

• Em Cada Pedra Um Voo Imóvel (1958)
• Movimento Perpétuo (1991)
• Sob o Olhar de Medeia (1998)

Essay:

• O Labirinto Camoniano e Outros Labirintos (1985)

English translations:

• In Contemporary Portuguese Poetry (Carcanet Press,1988)
• In Literary Olympians (USA,1997)
• In Anthology of Magazine Verse (USA, 1997)

External links

• Poetry International Web Short biography, some poetry and list of publications, including translated.