Multifaceted Mário: the unpublished letters (1927-1934) sent to Jorge de Lima

Abstract

Based  on  the  reading  of  unpublished  letters  sent  by  Mário  de  Andrade  to  Jorge  de  Lima  between  1927 and 1934, the article seeks to reconstruct some biobibliographical elements of the two authors. The correspondence, drawn up during the years of dissemination of modernist ideas throughout the country, provides several relevant data for interpreting the trajectory of two fundamental figures in 20th century Brazilian literature. By presenting the multifaceted side of Mário de Andrade, the letters from this period inform the reader, above all, about the preparation of the Dicionário musical brasileiro(1989), by Mário de Andrade, and the controversial issue of the preface, written by the author from São Paulo to the novel O Anjo (1934), by Jorge de Lima.