Tyrteu Rocha Vianna (November 28, 1898 – September 21, 1963) was a Brazilian poet avant-garde and pioneer amateur radio,Brazil: Amateur Radio History - First Operators. Radioamador.com. Page viewed on 12.11.2011. and large landowner of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.
He was born in São Francisco de Assis, Rio Grande do Sul, a small isolated town where he lived most of his life; despite this, has been regarded by critics as one of the most gifted or the most modernist poet of the early twentieth century in Rio Grande do Sul.Schüler, Donaldo. Poesia Modernista no RGS, Porto Alegre, Ed. Movimento, 1982.
Had influence of Futurism mostly, but also the Manifesto Antropófago and Cubism. Has just published a book,Tyrteu Rocha Vianna. Saco de Viagem 1st ed. 1928 (Traveling-bag, 1928). Organization of the 2nd ed. / Critical study and notes by Marcon, Italico. Published 1993 by the State Institute of the Book, EDIPUCRS in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Written in Portuguese. and was author that has been little known and little appreciated by his countrymen and contemporaries. He died in Alegrete, aged 64.
References
External links Tyrteu Rocha Vianna poems in Spanish by Adrian'dos Delima. RIM&VIA Poesia Nova. Canoas. Rio Grande do Sul. 11/25/2010.