| Birth name | Benedito José Viana da Costa Nunes |
|---|---|
| Birth date | November 21, 1929 |
| Birth place | Belém, Brazil |
| Death date | February 27, 2011 (aged 81) |
| Death place | Belém, Brazil |
| Occupation | Professor |
| Awards | Prêmio Jabuti |
Benedito José Viana da Costa Nunes (November 21, 1929 - February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian philosopher and literary critic.
Born in Belém, a major city in the north of Brazil, where he was later a professor at the Federal University of Pará. He has also lectured at other universities in the south of Brazil, France and the United States.[citation needed] In 1987, he was awarded the Prêmio Jabuti, regarded as the most prestigious literary prize in Brazil. He was awarded again with the same prize in 2010, for the literary critique A Clave do Poético.[1] He was one of the most respected authorities in contemporary Brazilian culture, and a specialist in the literary work of Brazilian modernists such as Clarice Lispector.
His uncle was the poet and hellenist Carlos Alberto Nunes, whose translations of Plato he coordinated in a collection published by the Federal University of Pará.[2] He died in his hometown Belém on February 27, 2011.[3][4]
Works
- Passagem para o poético - Filosofia e Poesia em Heidegger, 1968;
- O Dorso do Tigre (from the collection Debates- literary and philosophical essays), 1969;
- João Cabral de Melo Neto (from the collection Poetas Modernos do Brasil), 1974;
- Oswald Canibal (from the collection Elos), 1979;
- No tempo da narrativa, 1988;
- O drama da linguagem - Uma leitura de Clarice Lispector, 1989;
- Introdução à Filosofia da Arte, 1989;
- A Filosofia Contemporânea, 1991;
- No tempo do niilismo e outros ensaios, 1993;
- Crivo de papel (literary and philosophical essays), 1998;
- Hermenêutica e poesia - O pensamento poético, 1999;
- Dois Ensaios e Duas Lembranças, 2000;
- O Nietzsche de Heidegger, 2000;
- Heidegger e Ser e Tempo, 2002.
Notes
- ^ "Benedito Nunes recebe prêmio Jabuti 2010 em Teoria Crítica Literária"
- ^ "Diálogos de Platão, pela editora da Universidade Federal do Pará". Digestivo Cultural. Retrieved 2026-05-27.
- ^ http://www.diariodopara.com.br/imprimi_noticiav2.php?idnot=56980 [dead link]
- ^ "UFPA lança o Prêmio Professor Benedito Nunes"