Marcus Accioly

Marcus Accioly (Aliança (Engenho Laureano) PE, 1943) published his first book of poetry, Cancioneiro, in 1968. The following year, he completed his Law degree at the Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, in Recife PE. In 1972, he received the Prêmio Recife de Humanidades for his book Nordestinados (1971). In 1974, he published Xilografia and, in 1980, Guriatã, which won the Prêmio Fernando Chinaglia, awarded by the União Brasileira de Escritores. Guriatã also received the Láurea Altamente Recomendável para o Jovem, awarded by the Fundação Nacional do Livro Infantil e Juvenil. In 1985, he received the Prêmio de Poesia for his book Narciso (1984), awarded by the Associação Paulista dos Críticos de Artes, and the Prêmio Olavo Bilac, awarded by the Academia Brasileira de Letras, also for Narciso. His poetic work also includes Sísifo (1976), Poética (1977), Íxion (1978 ), Ó(de) Itabira (1980), P/Bara(ti)nação (1986) Érato (1990) and O Jogo dos Bichos (1990). The critic Nelly Novaes Coelho stated about the poet: "Belonging to the group of Northeastern writers and artists who, since the 1960s, have delved into popular roots of Ibero-Lusitanian origin, latent in Romanceiros and Cancioneiros, in Literatura de Cordel and Cantorias, in Music, in primitive Engravings and Sculptures, Marcus Accioly is one of the poets who today try to recover poetry in its primitive nature: the word that was born from song and perpetuates itself in the popular voice".