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The Diary of Helena Morely

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That tiny sliver of a story contains the quintessence of The Diary of “Helena Morley,” first published, in 1942, as Minha vida de menina (My Life as a Young Girl), by its author, Alice Dayrell—who borrowed the pseudonym “Helena Morley” from her father’s side of the family. Its freshness and precision in depicting late 19th century ...

DIARY OF HELENA MORLEY PB: Bishop, Elizabeth

DIARY OF HELENA MORLEY PB [Bishop, Elizabeth] on . *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In 1952, soon after her arrival in Brazil, Elizabeth Bishop asked her new Brazilian friends which of their country's books she should read. They recommended Minha Vida de Menina a diary kept by a young girl who lived in a mining town at the end of the nineteenth century.

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The diary was admired by French Novelist Georges Bernanos, and in 1957, award winning American poet and writer Elizabeth Bishop, then resident in Brazil, translated it into English as The Diary of Helena Morley. “The more I read the book [Minha Vida de Menina ]the better I liked it.

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Bishop, Elizabeth (1911 1979), poet | American National

The translation was published under the title The Diary of Helena Morely by Farrar, Straus, and Cudahy in 1957. Bishop’s third book, Questions of Travel (1965), includes both reflections on her childhood experiences and poems about her new home in Brazil. The book is divided into two sections, Brazil and Elsewhere, with the prose piece “In ...