Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda

For the singer whose birthname is Heloísa Maria Buarque de Hollanda, see Miúcha.

Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda
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Born	26 July 1939
Alma mater	Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

Heloísa Buarque de Hollanda (born 26 July 1939) is a Brazilian writer, essayist, editor and literary critic. Her research activity focuses on the relationship between culture and development, particularly with regard to poetry, feminism, gender and ethnic relations, marginalized cultures, and digital culture.

Life and career

Buarque de Hollanda was born in Ribeirão Preto. She graduated in classic literature at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, has a master's degree and a doctorate in Brazilian literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, where she is professor emerita of theory of culture, and a postgrad at Columbia University.

Among the works she wrote or organized are the books 26 poetas hoje (1975), an anthology of Brazilian underground poets from the mimeograph generation, and "As 29 poetas hoje" (2021), an anthology of women poets; the series Pensamento Feminista Hoje; Asdrúbal trouxe o trombone - memórias de uma trupe solitária de comediantes que abalou os anos 70; Rachel,Rachel; Explosão Feminista; Cultura e Participação nos anos 60; Pós-Modernismo e Política; and ENTER -Antologia Digital.

On 20 April 2023 she was elected as the 30th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, succeeding Nélida Piñon.

External links

• Personal page (in Portuguese)