Gustavo Corção
| Gustavo Corção | |
|---|---|
| Born | December 17, 1896 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Occupation | Novelist, writer, journalist, professor |
| Nationality | Brazilian |
| Notable works | Two Cities Two Loves, The Century of Nothing |
Gustavo Corção Braga (17 December 1896 – 6 July 1978) was a Brazilian writer.
Career overview
Corção was born in Rio de Janeiro and educated at the Polytechnic School of UFRJ, but left the institution in 1920 without obtaining his degree in engineering, specializing later in electronics. He was an active member of the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) at this time.[1] After meeting Alceu Amoroso Lima, however, he kept himself at a distance from communist groups and remained close to Catholic circles until his conversion, in 1939.[2] Corção studied Thomism and theology with Benedictine monks and played an important role at Dom Vital Center in Rio, founded by Jackson de Figueiredo. He participated in the "Catholic revival" movement in Brazil, which converted many intellectuals previously attracted to Positivism. The writings of G.K. Chesterton had a strong effect on Corção.[3] In 1946 he published an essay on Chesterton's ideas[4] and even translated one of his books, The Barbarism of Berlin.[5] Corção was also strongly influenced by the work of the French Catholic writer Jacques Maritain,[6] while still close to the Action Française. His only novel, Lições de Abismo (Who if I Cry Out), was awarded by Unesco and later translated into many languages. Corção worked for decades as a journalist, collaborating to several prestigious newspapers, such as Tribuna da Imprensa, Diário de Notícias, Estado de S. Paulo and O Globo. In O Século do Nada (The Century of Nothing), he passionately defended the Francoist Spain and José Antonio Primo de Rivera. According to him, the Second Vatican Council was a "terminal sin."[7] In August 1969, he founded Permanência, a split from Dom Vital Center. The name of the magazine came from the French Permanences created by Jean Ousset, the founder of the Catholic City.[citation needed]
Influence
Corção's influence among traditionalist Catholics persists to this day. In France, for instance, the Abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux has published two of his books, La Découverte de l'Autre[8] and Le Siècle de l'Enfer.[9] French historian Olivier Companion also notes the publication of some of Corção's work in Jean Madiran's newspaper, Routes.
His work has been highly regarded by Antonio Olinto,[10] Ariano Suassuna,[11], Rachel de Queiroz, Gilberto Freyre,[12] Nelson Rodrigues, Manuel Bandeira.[13] and Olavo de Carvalho.
Legacy
- A street in Rio de Janeiro bears his name (Rua Gustavo Corção).
Works
- (1944). A Descoberta do Outro – translated into Spanish, Ediciones Desclée, De Brouwer, 1950; trans. into French, Le Barroux, ed. Sainte-Madeleine, 1987.
- (1946). Três Alqueires e Uma Vaca – translated into Spanish, Plantin, 1954.
- (1950). Lições de Abismo – translated into Italian, Torino: SEI, 1960.
- (1954). As Fronteiras da Técnica – translated into Spanish, Buenos Aires: Oikos, 1982.
- (1956). Dez Anos: Crônicas.
- (1958). Claro Escuro.
- (1959). Machado de Assis.
- (1960). Patriotismo e Nacionalismo.
- (1965). O Desconcerto do Mundo.
- (1967). Dois Amores Duas Cidades.
- (1968). Comentário à Encíclica Populorum Progressio.
- (1969). A Tempo e Contra-tempo.
- (1970). Progresso e Progressismo.
- (1973). O Século do Nada – translated into French, ed. Sainte-Madeleine, 1994.
- (1992). As Descontinuidades da Criação.
- (2010). Gustavo Corção – Melhores Crônicas.
Works in English translations
- (1957). My Neighbour as Myself. London: Longmans, Green & Company – translated by Clotilde Wilson.
- (1967). Who if I Cry Out. University of Texas Press – translated by Clotilde Wilson.
Notes
- ↑ Farias, Zaíra Ary (2000), Masculino e Feminino no Imaginário Católico: da Ação Católica à Teologia da Libertação, Annablume, p. 148.
- ↑ A Descoberta do Outro, Livraria Agir Editora, 1944.
- ↑ Oliveira Torres, João Camilo de (1968). História das Idéias Religiosas no Brasil, Editorial Grijalbo Ltda, pp. 204–205.
- ↑ Três Alqueires e Uma Vaca, Livraria Agir Editora, 1946.
- ↑ A Barbaria de Berlin, Livraria Agir Editora, 1946.
- ↑ Corção, Gustavo (1944). "Chesterton e Maritain." In A Descoberta do Outro, Livraria Agir Editora.
- ↑ Jalles de Paula, Christiane (2011). "Gustavo Corção e a Reação ao Concílio Vaticano II no Brasil," Anais do XXVI Simpósio Nacional de História – ANPUH.
- ↑ La Découverte de l’Autre; préf. de Louis Pauwels; trad. du portugais par Hugues Kéraly. Le Barroux: Ed. Sainte-Madeleine, 1987.
- ↑ Le Siècle de l’Enfer; préf. de Jean Madiran; trad. de Hugues Kéraly. Le Barroux: Ed. Sainte-Madeleine, 1994.
- ↑ Olinto, Antonio (2005). "O Espaço do Autor," Tribuna da Imprensa, 22 de Fevereiro.
- ↑ Suassuna, Ariano (1971). "Gustavo Corção e Eu," Revista Permanência, Edição Comemorativa do 75° Aniversário de Gustavo Corção.
- ↑ Freyre, Gilberto (1986). Order and Progress: Brazil from Monarchy to Republic, University of California Press, p. xx.
- ↑ Bandeira, Manuel (1965). Letter to Gustavo Corção
References
- Braga, Marta (2010), Lições de Gustavo Corção, Quadrante.
- Companion, Olivier (2008). "Le 68 des Catholiques Latino-américains dans une Perspective Transatlantique," Nuevos Mundos, Materiales de Seminarios.
- Alejos-Grau, Carmen Jose; Saranyana, Josep Ignasi (2002), Teología en América Latina, Vol. 2, Editorial Iberoamericana, p. 228 sq.
Further reading
- Antoine, Charles (1980). O Integrismo Brasileiro. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira.
- Fleichman, Dom Lourenço [s.d]. "Falsas Lições sobre Gustavo Corção", Revista Permanência.
- Fleichman, Dom Lourenço (2010). "Gustavo Corção: Animal-professor, Escritor Genial," Conhecimento Prático: Literatura, No. 30.
- Krause, Paul Medeiros (2013). "Convívio Póstumo," Revista Vila Nova. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- Mainwaring, Scott (1989). Igreja Católica e Política no Brasil, (1916-1985), São Paulo: Ed. Brasiliense.
- Moura, Odilão (1978). As Idéias Católicas no Brasil: Direções do Pensamento Católico do Brasil no Século XX, Convívio.
- Jalles de Paula, Christiane (2012). "Gustavo Corção: The Guardian 'Linha-dura'," Revista Brasileira de História, Vol. XXXII, No. 63, pp. 173–96.
- Jalles de Paula, Christiane (2012). "Conflitos de Gerações: Gustavo Corção e a Juventude Católica," Horizonte, Vol. X, No. 26, pp. 619–37.
- Jalles de Paula, Christiane (2015). O Bom Combate: Gustavo Corção na Imprensa Brasileira (1953-1976). Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
- Santos, Ivanaldo (2010). "O Tomismo de Gustavo Corção," Aquinate, No. 11, pp. 93–107.
- Villaça, A. C. (1975). O Pensamento Católico no Brasil. Rio de Janeiro: Zahar.
External Links
Works online
Miscellania
- Articles with unsourced statements from June 2013
- 1896 births
- 1978 deaths
- 20th-century Brazilian male writers
- 20th-century Brazilian novelists
- Brazilian Roman Catholic writers
- Brazilian male writers
- Brazilian Traditionalist Catholics
- Converts to Roman Catholicism
- Converts to Roman Catholicism from atheism or agnosticism
- Traditionalist Catholic writers
