Ana Hatherly (8 May 1929 – 5 August 2015) was a Portuguese academic, poet, visual artist, essayist, filmmaker, painter, and writer. She was considered one of the pioneers of the experimental poetry and experimental literature movement in Portugal.[1][2]
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| Born | Anna Maria de Lourdes Rocha Alves Hatherly May 8, 1929 Porto, Portugal |
| Died | August 5, 2015 (aged 86) Lisbon, Portugal |
| Known for | writer, artist |
Biography
editHatherly was born in Porto, Portugal, in 1929.[1] She obtained a degree in Germanic philology from the University of Lisbon and a doctorate in Hispanic studies from the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, and was also trained in both film and music.[1] Hatherly was a professor of human and social sciences at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she founded the university's Institute of Portuguese Studies.[1] She utilized film, visual arts, and poetry in her work, which included the avant-garde.[1]
In 1958, she started her literary career with the publication of Um Ritmo Perdido, a collection of poems. Her poetry books include Um Calculador de Improbabilidades (2001), O Pavão Negro (2003), Itinerários (2003), and Fibrilações (2005). Hatherly has published poetry, essays, and fiction that have been translated into European languages, Japanese and Chinese.[3][4] She later became Emeritus Professor and a founding member of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She was also the Chair of the Portuguese PEN Club.[4]
Hatherly was interested in the visual aspects of poetry, which led to her successfully exploring visual mediums of art, such as painting and films.
Ana Hatherly died in a hospital in Lisbon, on 5 August 2015, at the age of 86. Her funeral was held at the Estrela Basilica in Lisbon, with burial in the Olivais cemetery.[1]
Poetry
edit- Um Ritmo Perdido (1958)
- As Aparências (1959)
- A Dama e o Cavaleiro (1960)
- Sigma (1965)
- Estruturas Poéticas - Operação 2 (1967)
- Eros Frenético (1968)
- 39 Tisanas (1969)
- Anagramático (1970)
- 63 Tisanas: (40-102) (1973)
- Poesia: 1958-1978 (1980)
- Ana Viva e Plurilida (1982)
- O Cisne Intacto (1983)
- A Cidade das Palavras (1988)
- Volúpsia (1994)
- 351 Tisanas (1997)
- Rilkeana (1999)
- Um Calculador de Improbabilidades (2001)
- O Pavão Negro (2003)
- Itinerários (2003)
- Fibrilações (2005)
- A Idade da Escrita e outros poemas (2005)
- 463 Tisanas (2006)
- A Neo-Penélope (2007)
Museum collections
edit- Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon, Portugal[5]
- Círculo de Artes Plásticas de Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal[6]
- Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia[7]
- Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal[6]
- Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal[6]
- The Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology, Lisbon, Portugal[6]
- National Museum of Women in the Arts[8]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "Ana Hatherly (1929-2015)". Correio da Manhã. 2015-08-05. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
- ^ Jackson, K. David. "Portuguese literature". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 2015-09-02.
- ^ "Ana Hatherly | ELMCIP". elmcip.net. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ a b "Ana Hatherly". www.poemsfromtheportuguese.org. Archived from the original on December 6, 2022. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ Calouste Gulbenkian Museum (October 25, 2017). "Ana Hatherly and the Baroque. In a Garden Made of Ink". Calouste Gulbenkian Museum.
- ^ a b c d "Ana Hatherly | 26 Exhibitions and Events". www.mutualart.com. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ "Stations: Some Recent Acquisitions". Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery. Retrieved 2021-04-22.
- ^ "Ana Hatherly". NMWA Library & Research Center. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
Further reading
edit- Zink, Rui. "The Man Who Shot Ana Hatherly." Theory in Action 13, no. 4 (10, 2020): 27-38. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.3798/tia.1937-0237.2048.
External links
edit- Calouste Gulbenkian Museum. “Ana Hatherly and the Baroque. In a Garden Made of Ink” Last modified October 25, 2017. https://gulbenkian.pt/museu/en/ana-hatherly-and-the-baroque-in-garden-made-of-ink/
- Elmcip. “Person: Ana Hatherly”, https://elmcip.net/person/ana-hatherly
- Luís Alves de Matos. “Ana Hatherly – The Intelligent Hand – Trailer” Vimeo, March 18, 2011. https://vimeo.com/21200605
- Natalie Ferris. “The Intelligent Hand: Ana Hatherly, Asemic Writing, Visualizing the Creative Act” Modernism/Modernity, https://modernismmodernity.org/forums/posts/ferris-intelligent-hand-ana-hatherly
- PoemsfromthePortuguese. “Ana Hatherly”. http://www.poemsfromtheportuguese.org/Ana_Hatherly