Jorge de Lima

Jorge Mateus de Lima (April 23, 1893 – November 15, 1953) was a Brazilian politician, physician, poet, novelist, biographer, essayist, translator and painter.

There he made the acquaintance of writers such as Murilo Mendes, Graciliano Ramos and José Lins do Rego.

In 1935 Jorge de Lima converted to the Roman Catholicism and many of his poems reflected his religiosity.

The writings of Jorge de Lima may be read in many ways: The uneasy coexistence between tradition and the new; the vulgar and the sublime; the regional and universal.

His work touches on social injustices that have changed little since the beginning of civilization "... of human misery, the attempt to overcome our moorings and our limitations", according to poet and journalist Claufe Rodrigues.