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Settled in [[Rio de Janeiro]], he began working as a professional artist, holding solo exhibitions of his canvases and drawing illustrations for newspapers. There, he attended meetings held by the traditionalist [[Centro Dom Vital]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schincariol |first=Marcelo Tadeu |date=2009 |title=A ARTE COMPLEXA DE SER INFELIZ: – A ficção de Cornélio Penna |url=https://www.santoandre.sp.gov.br/pesquisa/ebooks/343666.PDF |journal=Universidade Estadual de Campinas |pages=32}}</ref> In the early 1930s, he abandoned his career as an artist to dedicate himself to literature. |
Settled in [[Rio de Janeiro]], he began working as a professional artist, holding solo exhibitions of his canvases and drawing illustrations for newspapers. There, he attended meetings held by the traditionalist [[Centro Dom Vital]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Schincariol |first=Marcelo Tadeu |date=2009 |title=A ARTE COMPLEXA DE SER INFELIZ: – A ficção de Cornélio Penna |url=https://www.santoandre.sp.gov.br/pesquisa/ebooks/343666.PDF |journal=Universidade Estadual de Campinas |pages=32}}</ref> In the early 1930s, he abandoned his career as an artist to dedicate himself to literature. |
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His early novels drew attention of critics.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rodrigues |first=Danielle |date=2014 |title=”Mistérios e revelações em Fronteira e Inácio” |url=https://periodicos.pucminas.br/contraponto/article/view/9907 |journal=ContraPonto |language=pt |volume=4 |issue=5 |pages=59–70 |issn=2237-9940}}</ref> [[Alceu Amoroso Lima]] compared his prose and introspective themes to those of French-American author [[Julien Green]]. [[Antonio Candido]], among other critics, recognized Penna, along with [[Otávio de Faria|Octavio de Faria]] and [[Lúcio Cardoso]], as a representative of an ”intimist” style of realism, as opposed to the predominant socially-oriented regionalism of the time.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Bueno |first=Teresinha Aparecida Peron |title=Um romance entre fronteiras: uma leitura do primeiro romance de Cornelio Penna |date=2009-02-20 |degree=dissertação |publisher=Universidade de São Paulo |url=http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8151/tde-05032010-124616/ |language=pt-BR}}</ref> |
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Cornélio de Oliveira Penna (February 20, 1896 – February 12, 1958) was a Brazilian novelist and plastic artist, best known for pioneering psychological realism in Brazilian literature.[1][2]
Biography
Born in Petrópolis to a middle-class family, he soon moved to Itabira, a small rural town that would later inspire the settings of some of his novels. According to Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Cornélio was born, lived and died interiorly in Itabira.[3] He would then complete his secondary education in Campinas and go on to study at the Law School of São Paulo, where he earned his Bachelor’s degree.[4]
Settled in Rio de Janeiro, he began working as a professional artist, holding solo exhibitions of his canvases and drawing illustrations for newspapers. There, he attended meetings held by the traditionalist Centro Dom Vital.[5] In the early 1930s, he abandoned his career as an artist to dedicate himself to literature.
His early novels drew attention of many critics.[6] Alceu Amoroso Lima compared his prose and introspective themes to those of French-American author Julien Green. Antonio Candido, among other critics, recognized Penna, along with Octavio de Faria and Lúcio Cardoso, as a representative of an intimist style of realism, as opposed to the predominant socially-oriented regionalism of the time.[7]
He died in 1958, leaving behind an unfinished novel, Alma Branca, which was published posthmously in 2020 with other texts.
Bibliography
- Fronteira (1935)
- Dois Romances de Nico Horta (1938)
- Repouso (1948)
- A Menina Morta (1954)
- Alma Branca e outros escritos (2020)
References
- ^ “Cátedra Padre António Vieira de Estudos Portugueses :: Cornélio Penna, um escritor na contramão”. catedravieira-ic.letras.puc-rio.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ Farias, Morais, Franklin (2015). “Lúcio Cardoso, Cornélio Penna e a retórica do Brasil profundo” (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 2024-10-12. CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ viladeutopia (2023-10-11). “Cornélio Penna, que fez de Itabira a melhor amiga e fonte de inspiração, ganha busto e jardim em praça da rua Major Paulo”. Vila de Utopia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ viladeutopia (2019-06-29). “Cornélio Penna considera-se um fantasma, porém não acredita em assombração”. Vila de Utopia (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2025-11-18.
- ^ Schincariol, Marcelo Tadeu (2009). “A ARTE COMPLEXA DE SER INFELIZ: – A ficção de Cornélio Penna” (PDF). Universidade Estadual de Campinas: 32.
- ^ Rodrigues, Danielle (2014). ““Mistérios e revelações em Fronteira e Inácio”“. ContraPonto (in Portuguese). 4 (5): 59–70. ISSN 2237-9940.
- ^ Bueno, Teresinha Aparecida Peron (2009-02-20). Um romance entre fronteiras: uma leitura do primeiro romance de Cornelio Penna (dissertação thesis) (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universidade de São Paulo.
