Inéditos de Ferreira Gullar: Apresentação

Abstract

This article presents eleven poems by Ferreira Gullar published in newspapers between 1947 and 1952 and are still unpublished in book form, with a brief commentary on the poet’s formative years. It argues that the exclusion of Um pouco acima do chão (1949) from the author's poetic work — he rejected his first book as naíve — contributed to a lack of interest in his work prior to the publication of A luta corporal (1954), obscuring important nuances in his development. Through a reading of his poems published in the press before 1954, the article seeks to highlight different inflections in his trajectory during this period, nuancing the author’s own account of his relationship with literary tradition, especially with Brazilian modernism.