Marcos Freitas

Marcos Freitas – was born in Teresina, the capital of the Brazilian State of Piauí. Poet and University Professor. Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering in 1985, Master of Science degree in Water Resources in 1991 and a MBA in Public Management in 2009. Also Dipl.-Ing. at University of Hannover, in Germany (1995). He lives in Brasília, capital of Brazil, since 2001. Author of the books "A vida sente a si mesma", "A terceira margem sem rio", “Moro do lado de dentro", "Staub und Schotter", among others. Member of the National Association of Writers - ANE, Brazilian Union of Writers - UBE and Academia de Letras do Brasil (ALB). Co-chair of the BRICS Literature Network.

Marcos Freitas is a remarkable poet and human being, an advocate for green answers to our climate emergency in his work with water resources in Brazil, and a poet who extracts human truths of timeless beauty from the rocks of experience. Here he is on poetry: “What should I do/if the rooster already crows/and the night is cold/and the page is blank/and the pain is so great/and the pen my only partner?” The question is rhetorical. We find the answer in these pages full of wisdom, word play, and a very 21st century and contemporary irony when faced with the calamities of our time. Marcos notes in Take Note: “the eternal act of switching burned lamps.” He evokes the ghost of Sisyphus in this line, the myth of rolling the rock uphill just to have it come down again. And just when you are reading along for eternal truths, Marcos surprises with a constructivist comedy about poetry. The poem begins with the word poetry spelled out, then in each subsequent line eliminates a letter so line two begins oetry and line three etry until the last verses which starts with y. In the English, there is an added embedded meaning: Why? Then he gives us the answer “emotion in full bloom” (Preface: Indran Amirthanayagam).

Marcos Freitas, nato nel 1963, ha studiato ingegneria civile a Teresina e Fortaleza (Brasile), Gottinga e Hannover (Germania). Dal 1991 al 2018 è stato professore di ingegneria civile e informatica presso l'Università di Fortaleza. Più di 20 libri di poesie pubblicati in Brasile e all'estero hanno anche fatto conoscere il suo lavoro a livello internazionale. Vive a Brasilia dal 2001. È affiliato alla National Writers Association (ANE) e al Brazilian Writers Union (UBE). Membro dell'Accademia di lettere del Brasile (ALB).

Marcos Freitas, nascido em 1963, estudou engenharia civil em Teresina e Fortaleza (Brasil), Göttingen e Hanover (Alemanha). De 1991 a 2018, atuou como professor de engenharia civil e ciência da computação na Universidade de Fortaleza. Mais de 20 livros de poemas publicados no Brasil e também no exterior tornaram seu trabalho conhecido internacionalmente. Ele mora em Brasília, desde 2001. É filiado à Associação Nacional de Escritores (ANE) e à União Brasileira de Escritores (UBE). Membro da Academia de Letras do Brasil (ALB). Co-chair da BRICS Literature Network.

Marcos Freitas - nació en Teresina, Piauí. Ingeniero Civil. Profesor Universitario. Poeta. Contador de cuentos. Traductor. Letrista. Publicó los libros “A vida sente a si mesma” (2003),“A terceira margem sem rio” (2004), “Moro do lado de dentro (2004), “Na curva de um rio, mungubas” (2006), e “Staub und Schotter” (2008), una coletánea de poesías en alemán, inglés, italiano, español, francés, portugués y checo, e de arrodeios (2017). Participó en decenas de Antologías de Poesías y Cuentos. Inéditos los libros “Amores fuera de los ejes” (romance) e Barrocón (romance). Es autor/co-autor de más de una centena de artículos/trabajos técnico-científicos en revistas y anales de congresos nacionales e internacionales. Afiliado a la Asociación Nacional de Escritores - ANE y a la Unión Brasileña de Escritores - UBE. Es editor de la Revista Electrónica “emverso&pros@”

Les poèmes de Marcos Freitas, un de ces auteurs latino-américains qui sont encore peu connus en dehors de leurs pays d’origine, attisent l’inspiration du traducteur autant qu’ils attirent l’attention du lecteur. Apparemment simples, ils se revêtent d’un sens si varié, parfois si ambigu, qu’on ne peut les traduire mot à mot, avec cette exactitude mécanique dont se plaignent tant les amants de la poésie, désireux d’entrevoir l’âme du poète à travers les lignes qu’il écrit. Marcos Freitas parle des sentiments les plus sublimes et des événements les plus ordinaires sur le même ton sobre et sérieux, comme en déclarant que nul thème n’est banal ni insignifiant à ses yeux : l’amour, la solitude et la mort, d’une part, l’ennui d’un dimanche quelconque et l’étrange géométrie d’une ville aux rues « n’ayant pas de coins », de l’autre côté, se rencontrent, ou plutôt se confondent dans ses textes, d’une manière bizarre, mais tout à fait naturelle. (Preface: Oleg Almeida).

Marcos Freitas, geboren 1963, studierte in Teresina und Fortaleza (Brasilien), Göttingen und Hannover (Deutschland) Bauingenierwesen. Von 1991 bis 2018 Lehrtätigkeit als Professor für Bauingenierwesen und Informatik an der Universität von Fortaleza. Mehr als 30 Gedichte Bücher im In- und Ausland machten sein Werk auch international bekannt. Er lebt seit 2001 in Brasília. Er ist Mitglied der National Association of Writers (ANE) und der Brazilian Union of Writers (UBE).

Marcos Freitas, geboren in 1963, studeerde civiele techniek in Teresina en Fortaleza (Brazilië), Göttingen en Hannover (Duitsland). Van 1991 tot 2018 docent als hoogleraar civiele techniek en informatica aan de Universiteit van Fortaleza. Meer dan 20 gedichtenboeken in binnen- en buitenland maakten zijn werk ook internationaal bekend. Hij woont sinds 2001 in Brasília. Hij is lid van de National Association of Writers (ANE) en de Brazilian Union of Writers (UBE). Lid van de Academia de Letras do Brasil (ALB).