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Lygia Fagundes Telles Quotes

1918–2022 Brazil

Lygia Fagundes da Silva Telles (née de Azevedo Fagundes; Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈliʒiɐ faˈɡũdʒis ˈtɛlis]; born and died in São Paulo, Brazil; 19 April 1918 – 3 April 2022), was a Portuguese-language writer.

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Random Lygia Fagundes Telles quote

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I think that there should be more solidarity now in our Latin America, that it should be more united not only on paper but also in the heart—so much rivalry.

conversation published in Bomb Magazine (2008)

I believe he (João Cabral de Melo Neto) was part of Brazil’s great poetry trinity, along with Manuel Bandeira and Carlos Drummond de Andrade.

conversation (2008)

He (Pedro II) liked Brazil, however, with its past of backwardness and misery. Brazil avoids looking at this past.

conversation (2008)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Lygia Fagundes Telles (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.