Henriqueta Lisboa

Henriqueta Lisboa (1901–1985) was a Brazilian writer. She was awarded the Prêmio Machado de Assis for her lifetime achievement by the Brazilian Academy of Letters. She is famous for her wellchosen words to create powerful poems. Her early lyrics deal with traditional poetic themes, while her later poems like Echo, she mysteriously magnifies the effect of a single image. Several of her poems were translated into other languages: English, French, Spanish, Latin and German. Some of them below:
The echo – translated by Blanca Lobo Filho

Ein Dichter war im Krieg – translated by Blanca Lobo Filho

Palmier des plages – translated by Véra Conradt