Beatriz Bandeira
Beatriz Bandeira (November 8, 1909 – January 2, 2012) was a Brazilian communist, human rights activist, poet and writer, who spent two periods in exile from Brazil in the 1930s and 1960s.
Early life
Beatriz Vicencia Bandeira Ryff was born in the northern Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood of Méier, on 8 November 1909, to the abolitionists Alípio Abdulino Pinto Bandeira and Rosalia Nansi Bagueira Bandeira. From her maternal grandfather, who taught her to read and write and also taught her French, she inherited a passion for letters, and from her mother, a taste for music. She wrote her first verses at the age of nine, and graduated in piano from the National Music School.[1][2][3]
Activism
In the 1930s, she joined the
Returning to Brazil, Bandeira wrote for various newspapers and for the magazine Momento Feminino. From 1949 to 1957 she was involved with the
Bandeira returned to Brazil in 1967, as a result of a government amnesty, helping to found the Women's Movement for Amnesty and Democratic Liberties. She continued to write poetry and published a biography of her father, together with her sister, and memoirs from her time in exile in Yugoslavia.[1][2]
Death
Beatriz Bandeira died in Rio de Janeiro on 2 January 2012. Her husband predeceased her. She was buried at the São João Batista Cemetery, in Botafogo.[4]
References
- ^ a b c "Adeus a Beatriz Bandeira". Associação Brasileira de Imprensa. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b c d "A poetisa romántica da esquisa". Isto é gente. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b "A 02 de Janeiro de 2012 – Morreu Beatriz Vicência Bandeira Ryff". Abaciente. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Morre Beatriz Bandeira, companheira de Olga Benário na cela 4". Vermelho. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ "Beatriz Bandeira Ryff (1909)". Mulher 500 Anos Atrás dos Panos. Retrieved 8 August 2021.