Arquivos desdobrados: I Congresso de Poesia de São Paulo (1948)

Abstract

The article examines the material related to the First Congress of Poetry in São Paulo present in the Revista Brasileira de Poesia, with the aim of revisiting a portion of the archive linked to the poets of the so-called Generation of '45. The little magazine, comprised of seven editions, was published between 1947 and 1956, under the direction of Domingos Carvalho da Silva, Péricles Eugenio da Silva Ramos, Carlos Burlamaqui Köpke, Geraldo Vidigal, and João Accioli, in São Paulo. This group was responsible for organizing the event, which took place between April 29 and May 2, 1948. Both in the contributions to the journal and at the congress, the interaction between these poets, intellectuals, and revered figures of Brazilian modernism of the time, who were already recognized and relevant to the literary scene of the 1940s, is evident. Names like Sérgio Milliet, Menotti del Picchia, Cassiano Ricardo, Oswald de Andrade, and Patrícia Galvão are part of this context. However, this interaction, as well as with other prominent literary critics of the era, such as Antonio Candido, did not unfold without tensions and fluctuations.