Benedito Nunes (November 21, 1929 - February 27, 2011) was a Brazilian philosopher and literary critic. He was born Benedito José Viana da Costa Nunes 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. Benedito Nunes died in his hometown Belém on February 27, 2011.[2][3]
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;
