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Isabel Meyrelles

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Isabel Meyrelles (born 1929) is a Portuguese surrealist sculptor and poet. She is the first Portuguese surrealist woman.[1]

Born in Matosinhos, Meyrelles set up the Portuguese Surrealist group in Lisbon after meeting Mario Cesariny and Artur do Cruzeiro in 1949. She studied sculpture with Americo Gomes and Antonio Duarte before moving to Paris where she studied at the Sorbonne and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.[2]

Poetry

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  • Em voz baixa (In a Low Voice), 1951
  • Palavras Nocturnas (Night Words), 1954
  • (ed.) Anthologie de poesie portugaise, 1971
  • (trans.) Labyrinth du chant by Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos
  • O Rostro Deserto, 1966

References

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  1. ^ "XXIII Bienal Internacional de Arte de Cerveira". Umbigo. 13 September 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. ^ Penelope Rosemont (2000). Surrealist Women. A&C Black. p. 259. ISBN 978-0-567-17128-3.