The P.E.N. Club of Brazil (1936-1954): the era Claudio de Souza

• Grant number: 15/23877-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: March 01, 2016
• End date: August 31, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - History of Brazil
• Principal Investigator: Tania Regina de Luca
• Grantee: Mateus Américo Gaiotto
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 17/03440-2 - The P.E.N. Club of Brazil (1936-1954): the Claudio de Souza era, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

The P.E.N. Club of Brazil is an association of writers, founded in 1936 by Claudio de Souza (1876-1954) in the P.E.N. International template who enjoyed autonomy in terms of administrative and cultural procedures. The acronym P.E.N., who meant Poets, Essayists, Novelists, later expanded to Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists, Novelists, was organized in 1921 in the city of London by the poetess Catharine Amy Dawson-Scott (1865-1934) and had the ambition to represent the intellectual class worldwide. The research is meant to examine, during the period of presidency of its founder (1936-1954), the projects and ideals defended by the PEN Club of Brazil, addressed to the "men of letters". Among the sources worth mentioning the documents produced by the institution itself, which will be faced with the material available about the club in newspapers and magazines of that epoch. (AU)

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(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

GAIOTTO, Mateus Américo. O P.E.N. Clube do Brasil (1936-1954): a era Cláudio de Souza. 2018. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências e Letras. Assis Assis.