Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Four bronze statues of writers, two are sitting on a bench, and two are standing next to them. The title of the sculpture group is taken from the most famous book of Fernando Sabino.

Three of them have books in their hands, two with text:

• Sabino: "2005 monumento O encontro marcado"
• Lara Resende: "Hélio Pellegrino, Paulo Mendes Campos, Fernando Sabino, Otto Lara Resende"

Fernando Tavares Sabino Belo Horizonte 1923 - Rio de Janeiro 2004 Brazilian writer and journalist (Wikipedia).

Otto de Oliveira Lara Resende São João del-Rei, MG, 1922 - Rio de Janeiro 1992 Brazilian writer and journalist (Wikipedia).

Hélio Pellegrino Belo Horizonte 1924 - Rio de Janeiro 1988 Brazilian psychoanalyst, writer and poet (Wikipedia).

Paulo Mendes Campos Belo Horizonte 1922 - Rio de Janeiro 1991 Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (Wikipedia).

Information Sign

O Encontro Marcado 1 Fernando Sabino 2 Otto Lara Resende 3 Hélio Pellegrino 4 Paulo Mendes Campos Governador de Minas Gerais Aécio Neves Cunha 11 de outubro de 2005

Sculptor

• Leo Santana (Teófilo Otoni, MG, c. 1957), Brazilian sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

• Carime Zunzarren (Blogspot), esCULTURArte.
• UAI, Por trás das esculturas espalhadas por BH, há casos de censura e perseguição.
• UAI, Estátuas e esculturas espalhadas contam a história de BH e de Minas Gerais" Monumentos são uma aula de história nas ruas da cidade e do estado.

Tags

Locatie (S 19°55'58" - W 43°56'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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