Anderson Braga Horta
Anderson Braga Horta born in Carangola, Minas Gerais, Brazil on November 17, 1934. His father, lawyer Anderson de Araújo Horta, and his mother, Maria Braga Horta, were also teachers and poets. His siblings were Arlyson, Augusto Flávio, Maria da Glória and Goiano. He lived in approximately ten cities in the states of Minas Gerais and Goiás. He began high school in Goiânia, finished it in Manhumirim, and studied classical law in Leopoldina, before going to Rio de Janeiro to continue his legal studies. He moved to Brasília in July 1960, to work as editor of the Chamber of Deputies, where he had been admitted in 1957 as a typist. He retired as legislative director. He worked as a journalist and a teacher, both in Rio and Brasília. His first job, however, was as a security guard in the Old Capital, except for the months he spent teaching at the Seminary of Leopoldina, the city where he served his military service.
He married Célia Santos from Cachoeiro de Itapemirim in Rio in 1962. The following year, twins Anderson (married to Janete, Fernanda’s father) and Marília were born in Brasília. He took the first entrance exam for UnB, starting the Brazilian Literature course, which he did not finish.
Poetic Works– Altiplano e Outros Poemas, Marvário, Incomunicação, Exercícios de Homem, Cronoscópio, O Cordeiro e a Nuvem, O Pássaro no Aquário, reunidos em Fragmentos da Paixão (São Paulo, 2000); Pulso (S. Paulo) e Quarteto Arcaico(Jaboatão dos Guararapes, 2000; Antologia Pessoal (Brasília, 2001); 50 Poemas Escolhidos pelo Autor(Rio de Janeiro, 2003; Soneto Antigo (Brasília, 2009); Elegia de Varna, trad. Rumen Stoyanov, (Sófia, 2009); Signo: Antologia Metapoética (Brasília), 2010; De Uma Janela em Minas Gerais:200 Sonetos (Guararapes, 2011); De Viva Voz (Brasília, 2012; Tiempo del Hombre (Lima, 2015); Versos em Três Tempos, com A. de Araújo Horta e Maria Braga Horta (São Vicente, 2018); 50 Poemas / 50 Gedichte, trad. Curt-Meyer Clason (Brasília, 2021); Iniciações (Brasília, 2023). Stories– Pulso Instantâneo (Brasília, 2008). Essays– Erotismo e Poesia (Brasília, 1994); A Aventura Espiritual de Álvares de Azevedo (2002; Sob o Signo da Poesia: Literatura em Brasília (2003); Traduzir Poesia (2004); Testemunho & Participação (2005); Criadores de Mantras (2007); Proclamações (2013); Do que É Feito o Poeta (2016).