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| Born | Antonio Cicero Correia Lima (1945-10-06)October 6, 1945 Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Died | October 23, 2024(2024-10-23) (aged 79) Zurich, Switzerland |
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| Relatives | Marina Lima (sister) |
Antônio Cícero Correia Lima (October 6, 1945 – October 23, 2024) was a Brazilian composer, poet, literary critic, philosopher and writer. He wrote poetry and philosophy books, and had a prolific career as a lyricist, composing lyrics for songs by artists such as Marina Lima (his sister), João Bosco, Waly Salomão, Orlando Morais, Ritchie, Adriana Calcanhotto, and Lulu Santos.
On August 10, 2017, he was elected member of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, taking office on March 16, 2018.
Biography
Antonio Cicero was born in Rio de Janeiro to Amélia Correia Lima and Ewaldo Correia Lima originally from Piauí. His father was one of the founding intellectuals of the Brazilian Institute of Higher Studies (ISEB), and was also director of the BNDE during Juscelino Kubitschek's government. In 1960, Ewaldo took on an executive position at the newly created Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the whole family moved to Washington, D.C. where Cicero completed his secondary studies.
Back in Brazil, Cicero began studying philosophy at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro and, later, at the Institute of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. In 1969, due to political problems, he went to London, where he completed a philosophy course at the University of London. In 1976, Cicero went to graduate school at Georgetown University, in the United States, where he studied Greek and Latin, which allowed him to read classics such as Homer, Pindar, Horace and Ovid in the original. Later he would teach Philosophy and Logic at universities in Rio de Janeiro.
Death
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease, Cicero decided to receive assisted death and moved to Switzerland, where the practice is legal. He carried out the procedure in Zurich and died on October 23, 2024, at the age of 79. Marcelo Pires, a costume designer, was Cicero's life partner for four decades and was present during his assisted death.
Poetry and lyrics
Antonio Cicero wrote poetry since his youth, but his poems only appeared to the general public when his sister, the singer and composer Marina Lima, started to set them to music. Before, however, there were already his songs like Fullgás, Para Começar and À Francesa − the first two in partnership with his sister, and the last with Cláudio Zoli. From then on, Cicero would become one of Marina's closest partners. Among other partnerships, those with Waly Salomão, João Bosco, Orlando Morais, Adriana Calcanhotto, Ritchie and Lulu Santos (co-author, together with Antonio Cicero and Sérgio Souza, of the 1984 hit O Último Romântico) stand out.
Works
Philosophy essays
- O mundo desde o fim. Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Alves, 1995.
- Finalidades sem fim. São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2005.
- Poesia e filosofia. Rio de Janeiro: Civilização Brasileira, 2012.
Poetry
- Guardar. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 1996.
- A cidade e os livros. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 2002.
- Livro de sombras: pintura, cinema e poesia (with artist Luciano Figueiredo). Rio de Janeiro, + 2 Editora, 2010.
- Porventura. Rio de Janeiro: Record, 2012.
Interviews
- Antonio Cicero por Antonio Cicero. Org. por Arthur Nogueira.
Works as organizer
- Nova antologia poética de Vinícius de Moraes (with the poet Eucanaã Ferraz). São Paulo: Companhia das Letras, 2003.
- O relativismo enquanto visão do mundo (with the poet Waly Salomão). Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Alves, 1994.
- Forma e sentido contemporâneo. Rio de Janeiro: EDUERJ, 2012.
References
- "Nome escrito sem acento, conforme seu site pessoal".
- Librandi, Marília; Dias, Jamille Pinheiro; Winterbottom, Tom (2020-06-12). Transpoetic Exchange: Haroldo de Campos, Octavio Paz, and Other Multiversal Dialogues. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-1-68448-218-4.
- A utopia nacionalista de Hélio Jaguaribe − os tempos do Iseb, por Ines Cristina dos Santos. Aurora, ano V número 9, dezembro de 2011, p. 214. ISSN: 1982-8004
- Bronze, Giovanna (2024-10-23). "Saiba quem foi Antonio Cicero, poeta e escritor que morreu nesta quarta (23)". CNN Brasil (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- "Morre o poeta Antonio Cicero, membro da ABL, após eutanásia na Suíça". VEJA (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-10-23.
- "Viúvo de Antonio Cicero detalha decisão do poeta por suicídio assistido: 'Morreu em paz, segurando a minha mão'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
- "Antonio Cicero: 'Fullgás', 'À Francesa' e outras músicas escritas por ele que se tornaram hits". UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-10-23. Retrieved 2024-10-23.
External links
Categories:
- 1945 births
- 2024 deaths
- 2024 suicides
- 20th-century Brazilian poets
- 21st-century Brazilian poets
- Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
- Georgetown University alumni
- Alumni of the University of London
- Assisted suicide
- Brazilian atheists
- Brazilian LGBTQ writers
- Brazilian lyricists
- Brazilian philosophers
- Deaths by euthanasia
- Members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
- People with Alzheimer's disease
- Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
- Suicides in Switzerland
- Writers from Rio de Janeiro (city)