Benedictine priest and monk, broadcaster, writer, poet and Brazilian translator born in Cristina, MG, who translated O Pequeno Príncipe, from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, and O Menino do Dedo Verde, by Maurice Druon, and Marcelino Pão e Vinho, by Jose Maria Sanchez, books that have become famous throughout the world. parents.
After high school in Itajubá, he enrolled (1934) at the National Faculty of Law of Rio de Janeiro, and then participated in the Action Catholic University and Dom Vital Center, when he became acquainted with Alceu Amoroso Lima, for whom he became secretary particular. After completing Law, he entered the Monastery of São Bento (1940).
He ordained (1946), while already developing his talent as a writer by publishing chronicles and poems in national magazines and newspapers. After a brief stint on Cruzeiro and Mayrink Veiga radio stations, he kept the program on Rádio Jornal do Brasil Daily, at 6 pm, Encontro Marcado (1959-1993), which began to be rebroadcast by radio stations Carioca-AM and Cathedral-FM. He also wrote a weekly column, published on Thursdays in Jornal do Brasil. It won the first two places in the competition for the lyrics of the Hymn of the XXXVI International Eucharistic Congress held at Rio de Janeiro (1955), as well as being part of the team of translators of liturgical texts of the National Conference of Bishops. He was a member of the Federal Council of Culture for several years and was chosen to greet Pope John Paul II on his first trip to Brazil on behalf of intellectuals.
He was elected (1980) for Chair n. 15 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, in succession to Odylo Costa Filho. He succeeded Otávio de Faria at the Pen Clube (1981) and took the place of Alceu Amoroso Lima at the Academia Brasileira de Artes (1985). He received the Pen Clube do Brasil Poetry Prize (1986), was awarded (1990) with the decoration of Chévalier des Arts et des Lettres, granted by the French Republic and he received the São Sebastião Prize for Culture from the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, as Personality of the Year (1995) and died two years later of renal failure in Rio de January.
In addition to the composition of hymns, he innovated sacred oratory, due to the meek and poetic style of his sermons, and among his various works are cited Teatro (1947), Livro do Peregrino (1955), The book of the Christian family (1960), Poems of the Kingdom of God (1961), Here comes the Lord (1967), The book of Tobias (1968), Manifestations of Literary Autonomy: The School of Minas Gerais and others movements. In: History of Brazilian Culture (2 vols., 1973-1976), Sacred Art (1976), Our friends, the Saints (1985), Um Encounter with God: Theology for Laity (1991), The Twenty-Six Swallows (1991) and Poems for Children and Some adults (1994).
Source: http://www.dec.ufcg.edu.br/biografias/
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