Dora Ferreira da Silva (July 1, 1918 – April 6, 2006) was a Brazilian poet, essayist and translator. According to the literary critic Ivan Junqueira, Silva used a ''voiceless language to express the inexpressible''.
Silva's poetry, which ranges from traditional to modern forms, including concrete verse, explores themes such as myth, the sacred, and time. She rendered into Portuguese works by Rainer Maria Rilke, Friedrich Hölderlin and Carl Gustav Jung. She was awarded the Prêmio Machado de Assis in 1999 and received the Prêmio Jabuti three times.
Silva was married to the philosopher Vicente Ferreira da Silva.
Works
Andanças, 1970 Uma via de ver as coisas, 1973 Menina e seu mundo, 1976 Jardins (Esconderijos), 1979 Talhamar, 1982 Tauler e Jung, 1987 Retratos da origem, 1988 Poemas da estrangeira, 1996 Poemas em fuga, 1997 Poesia Reunida, 1999 Cartografia do Imaginário, 2003 Hídrias, 2005 O Leque, 2007 Appassionata, 2008 Transpoemas, 2009
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