Raul Bopp
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Raul Bopp (1898-1984) was a Brazilian poet, chronicler, journalist and diplomat. He was part of the First Generation of Modernism. His book "Cobra Norato" became one of the best achievements of the Anthropophagic Movement.
Raul Bopp was born in Vila Pinhal, which belonged to the municipality of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, on August 4, 1898. Descendant of one-year-old German immigrants moved with his family to Tupanciretã.
In 1914 he made several trips through Brazil, exercising various professions, from clerk to painter of walls. In 1917, back to Tupanciretã began his work as a writer with the foundation of the weekly "O Lutador" and "Mignon".
In 1918, Raul Bopp entered the Law School of Porto Alegre, also studied in Recife, Belém and Rio de Janeiro. In 1920 he traveled extensively through the Amazon, extracting from the nature of this region the reasons for the elaboration of a future work.
In 1926 he went to São Paulo, where he maintained contact with the Yellow Green Group of Plínio Salgado, Menotti del Picchia and Cassiano Ricardo.
In 1928 he approached Oswald Andrade and Tarsila do Amaral, joined the Anthropophagic Movement and became manager of the Revista de Antropofagia.
In 1931, Raul Bopp published the narrative poem Cobra Norato, inspired by his trip to the Amazon. Conceived at first as a book for children, it became one of the best achievements of the Anthropophagic Movement and its main work.
The structure of the work is epic-dramatic, having as content the adventures of a young man who strangles the Cobra Norato in the Amazon jungle.
Raul Bopp was born in Vila Pinhal, which belonged to the municipality of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, on August 4, 1898. Descendant of one-year-old German immigrants moved with his family to Tupanciretã.
In 1914 he made several trips through Brazil, exercising various professions, from clerk to painter of walls. In 1917, back to Tupanciretã began his work as a writer with the foundation of the weekly "O Lutador" and "Mignon".
In 1918, Raul Bopp entered the Law School of Porto Alegre, also studied in Recife, Belém and Rio de Janeiro. In 1920 he traveled extensively through the Amazon, extracting from the nature of this region the reasons for the elaboration of a future work.
In 1926 he went to São Paulo, where he maintained contact with the Yellow Green Group of Plínio Salgado, Menotti del Picchia and Cassiano Ricardo.
In 1928 he approached Oswald Andrade and Tarsila do Amaral, joined the Anthropophagic Movement and became manager of the Revista de Antropofagia.
In 1931, Raul Bopp published the narrative poem Cobra Norato, inspired by his trip to the Amazon. Conceived at first as a book for children, it became one of the best achievements of the Anthropophagic Movement and its main work.
The structure of the work is epic-dramatic, having as content the adventures of a young man who strangles the Cobra Norato in the Amazon jungle.
