Wilson Martins (1921-2010)

Brazil | Literary critic and cultural historian

BIOGRAPHY

Wilson Martins

Wilson Martins

Born in São Paulo on March 2, 1921, Wilson Martins graduated in Law from the University of Paraná in 1943. His career as a literacy critic began with the publication of his essays in a volume titled Interpretações, in 1946.  After two years in Paris on a fellowship, he established his career as professor at the University of Paraná in 1952. Martins began his long-standing collaboration with one of Brazil’s most important newspapers, O Estado de São Paulo, in 1954. In 1978, he began writing for Jornal do Brasil. His most important work, História da inteligência brasileira, was published in seven volumes between 1976 and 1979. From 1965 to 1991, Martins taught Brazilian Literature at New York University while he continued to publish his critiques in leading Brazilian newspapers such as O Globo and Jornal do Brasil. In 2002, the Academia Brasileira de Letras awarded him the Prêmio Machado de Assis for his contribution to literature.

He died in Curitiba on January 30, 2010.

CHRONOLOGY

 

FOUNDATION and INSTITUTIONAL WEBSITE

SELECTED WORKS at IU BLOOMINGTON LIBRARIES

WORKS by WILSON MARTINS

Book cover: A crítica literária no Brasil (1983)

A crítica literária no Brasil (1983)

Book cover:  A palavra escrita. Historia do livro, da imprensa e da biblioteca (2002)

A palavra escrita (2002)

Martins, Wilson. 1946. Interpretações: ensaios de crítica. Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo: Livraria José Olympio.

Martins, Wilson. 1983 [1952]. A crítica literaria no Brasil. 2nd ed. Rio de Janeiro: F. Alves.

Martins, Wilson. 1989 [1955]. Um Brasil diferente: ensaio sobre fenômenos de aculturação no Paraná. 2nd ed. São Paulo: T.A. Queiroz.

Martins, Wilson. 1957. A palavra escrita. História do livro, da imprensa e da biblioteca. São Paulo: Editôra Anhembi.

Martins, Wilson. 1965. A literatura brasileira, volume VI, O modernismo. São Paulo: Editora Cultrix.

Martins, Wilson. 2010 [1976-1979]. História da inteligência brasileira. 3rd ed. Ponta Grossa, Paraná: Editora UEPG.

Martins, Wilson. 2002. A idéia modernista. Rio de Janeiro: Academia Brasileira de Letras.

Martins, Wilson. 2007. O ano literário: 2002-2003. Rio de Janeiro: Topbooks.

WORKS EDITED by WILSON MARTINS

Martins, Wilson, and Seymour Menton (eds). 1966. Teatro brasileiro contemporaneo. New York: Appleton.

WILSON MARTIN'S WORKS in FRENCH and ENGLISH

Book cover: The Modernist Idea (1970)

The Modernist Idea (1970)

Martins, Wilson. 1952. Les théories critiques dans l'histoire de la littérature française. Curitiba: [n.p.].

Martins, Wilson. 1970. The Modernist Idea: A Critical Survey of Brazilian Writing in the Twentieth Century. New York: New York University Press.

Additional works by Wilson Martins available at IU Bloomigton Libraries.

CRITICISM and INTERPRETATION of WILSON MARTINS' WORKS

Sanches Neto, Miguel. 1997. Wilson Martins. Curitiba, Brazil: Editora UFPR.

Seffrin, André et al (eds). 2001. Mestre da crítica: edição comemorativa dos 80 anos do crítico literário Wilson Martins, Professor Emérito da Universidade de Nova Iorque. Curitiba, Paraná, Brasil: Imprensa Oficial do Paraná.

ORIGINAL WORKS and CRITICISM in OPEN ACCESS

Wilson Martins: a consciência da crítica

ONLINE AUDIO and VISUAL RECORDINGS

Wilson Martins: a consciência da crítica – documentary directed by Douglas Machado and produced by Gardênia Cury/Trinca Filmes 

ONLINE EXHIBITIONS and TRIBUTES

Universidade e crítica no centenário de Wilson Martins – Museu Campos Gerais Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa. 

Um amigo chamado Wilson Martins – article by Marcio Renato dos Santos, published on Cândid, Jornal da Biblioteca Pública do Paraná, n. 117, April 2011  

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