Helena Parente Cunha
Helena Parente Cunha is a Brazilian educator and writer.
She was born in Salvador, Bahia and received a PhD in Italian literature and literary theory in 1976. Cunha taught literary theory at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro; at one time, she was the university's Dean of Humanities.
Her 1960 poetry collection Corpo do gozo won the poetry competition of the Secretariat of Education and Culture of Guanabara.Selected works
- Corpo no cerco, poetry
- Maramar, poetry
- Os Provisorios, short stories
- Mulher no espelho, novel, received the Prêmio Cruz e Sousa de Literatura
- As doze cores do vermelho, novel
- Mulheres Inventadas
- A casa e as casas