Listen to the story of Carlos Drummond de Andrade.
Carlos Drummond de Andrade was born on October 31, 1902, in Itabira do Mato Dentro, in the interior of Minas Gerais. A descendant of a traditional farming family from the region, Drummond was the ninth child of the couple Carlos de Paula Andrade and Julieta Augusta Drummond de Andrade.
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Image description: This is a black-and-white photograph of a smiling man. His eyes are closed and he is resting his head on his right hand. The man wears square-framed glasses and a shirt with a pattern of small black houses on a light background.From an early age, Carlos showed great interest in words and literature. In 1916, he enrolled at the Colégio in Belo Horizonte. Two years later, he went to study at the Jesuit boarding school Colégio Anchieta, in the interior of Rio de Janeiro, in Nova Friburgo, where he was honored in "Certames Literários."
In 1919, he was expelled from the Jesuit school for "mental insubordination" after arguing with his Portuguese teacher. He then returned to Belo Horizonte, and starting in 1921 began publishing his first works in the Diário de Minas. He graduated in Pharmacy from the Escola de Odontologia e Farmácia de Belo Horizonte, but never practiced the profession. In 1925 he married Dolores Dutra de Morais, with whom he had two children, Carlos Flávio (born in 1927, who lived only half an hour) and Maria Julieta Drummond de Andrade, born in 1928. In 1926, he taught Geography and Portuguese classes at the Ginásio Sul-Americano in Itabira and worked as editor-in-chief of the Diário de Minas.
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Image description: The image is a photograph of a man sitting in a chair. He is wearing a brown shirt with black details on the sleeves and collar. The man has gray hair and wears black glasses. Behind him is a table with decorative objects and a green plant. To the right, there is a tree with green leaves.He continued his literary work, and in 1930 he published his first book, titled "Alguma Poesia." One of his best-known poems is "No meio do caminho." It was published in the Revista de Antropofagia in São Paulo in 1928. At the time, it was considered one of the greatest literary scandals in Brazil:
No meio do caminho tinha uma pedra Tinha uma pedra no meio do caminho Tinha uma pedra No meio do caminho tinha uma pedra. Nunca me esquecerei desse acontecimento Na vida de minhas retinas tão fatigadas. Nunca me esquecerei que no meio do caminho Tinha uma pedra Tinha uma pedra no meio do caminho No meio do caminho tinha uma pedra.
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Image description: This is a photograph of a monument honoring Carlos Drummond de Andrade, located on a beach with a view of the sea. In the foreground, we see a stone bench with a bronze plaque resting on it. The plaque bears a phrase in Portuguese. In the background, there is a landscape with mountains and the sea horizon. The sky is covered with scattered clouds, and the sun is setting, giving the scene a golden hue.He worked as a civil servant for most of his life and retired as Section Chief of DPHAN, after 35 years of public service. In 1982, at age 80, he received the title of "Doutor Honoris Causa" from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN).
Drummond passed away on August 17, 1987, in Rio de Janeiro. He died at the age of 85, just a few days after the death of his daughter, the chronicler Maria Julieta Drummond de Andrade, his great companion.
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Image description: This is an old sepia-toned photograph. On the left side, we see a man sitting on a stone bench, wearing blue pants and a patterned shirt. He is looking at a group of people playing soccer on the beach. In the background, there are several tall buildings with many windows. The beach appears to be wide and sandy, with a few trees along the horizon.
