Andrade, Mario de (1893-1945)

Brazilian novelist and poet, whose modernist works emphasized the distinct cultural and linguistic dissociation of Brazil from Portugal.

During his life Andrade produced, and published many books, which ultimately gained him posthumous international notoriety and fame. He maintained an active life in the arts and held the directorship of the Departamento de Cultura (Department of Culture) in São Paulo. His works include Ha uma g"ˆta de sangue em cada poema/There is a Drop of Blood in Each Poem (1917) and O movimento modernisto/The Modernist Movement(1942).

Andrade was born and educated into an aristocratic family in São Paulo, Brazil.