Hor cio Costa, Elizabeth Bishop. These translations speak to a need to enrich a poetry which, strangely enough, has nothing in common with the poetry from Portugal or Hispanic America. The latter, discursive and deeply marked by Surrealism, never quite established its grip on Brazilian writers. Once again, Elizabeth Bishop must be mentioned. Cabral de Melo Neto, Vin cius de Moraes and Ferreira Gullar.
Anthologies always run the risk of excessive partiality or sperficiality.
We hope to have kept these evils at a distance. However, it should be clear that other seletions can and must be made. Among the young poets, there are many other promising names not included in this book, among them Beatriz Azevedo, Heitor Ferraz, Guilherme Mansur, Antonio Moura and M rcia Pessoa. This is only our reading of what is most significant and representative in modern Brazilian poetry.