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'''José Oswald de Souza Andrade''' (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet and polemicist. He was born and spent most of his life in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the ''Group of Five'' ([[Mário de Andrade]], [[Anita Malfatti]], [[Tarsila do Amaral]] and [[Menotti del Picchia]])
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|birth_place = São Paulo, [[Brazil]]
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'''José Oswald de Souza Andrade''' (1890–1954) was a Brazilian poet and polemicist. He was born and spent most of his life in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the ''Group of Five'' ([[Mário de Andrade]], [[Anita Malfatti]], [[Tarsila do Amaral]] and [[Menotti del Picchia]])
  
 
In 1928 he published ''Manifesto Antropófago'' [Cannibal Manifesto]. Its argument is that Brazil's history of "cannibalizing" other cultures is its greatest strength, while playing on the modernists' primitivist interest in cannibalism as an alleged tribal rite. Cannibalism becomes a way for Brazil to assert itself against European postcolonial cultural domination.
 
In 1928 he published ''Manifesto Antropófago'' [Cannibal Manifesto]. Its argument is that Brazil's history of "cannibalizing" other cultures is its greatest strength, while playing on the modernists' primitivist interest in cannibalism as an alleged tribal rite. Cannibalism becomes a way for Brazil to assert itself against European postcolonial cultural domination.
  
 
==Works==
 
==Works==
(in Portuguese unless noted)
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(in Portuguese unless noted otherwise)
 
* ''Manifesto Pau-Brasil'', 1924
 
* ''Manifesto Pau-Brasil'', 1924
 
* ''Pau-brasil'' (poems), 1925
 
* ''Pau-brasil'' (poems), 1925
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* [[Brazil]]
 
* [[Brazil]]
  
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* [http://www.ubu.com/historical/andrade/index.html Andrade on UbuWeb]
 
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_de_Andrade Andrade at Wikipedia]
 

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Born January 11, 1890(1890-01-11)
São Paulo, Brazil
Died October 22, 1954(1954-10-22) (aged 64)
São Paulo, Brazil
Web UbuWeb, Aaaaarg, Wikipedia

José Oswald de Souza Andrade (1890–1954) was a Brazilian poet and polemicist. He was born and spent most of his life in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism and a member of the Group of Five (Mário de Andrade, Anita Malfatti, Tarsila do Amaral and Menotti del Picchia)

In 1928 he published Manifesto Antropófago [Cannibal Manifesto]. Its argument is that Brazil's history of "cannibalizing" other cultures is its greatest strength, while playing on the modernists' primitivist interest in cannibalism as an alleged tribal rite. Cannibalism becomes a way for Brazil to assert itself against European postcolonial cultural domination.

Works[edit]

(in Portuguese unless noted otherwise)

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