Sky-Eclipse

With ten books of poetry to his name, along with several translations and an anthology of contemporary Brazilian poetry he co-edited, Regis Bonvicino has come to be recognized as one of the most talented and inventive of contemporary Brazilian writers. Bonvicino's poetry is filled with the imagery of nature, with the flora and fauna of his homeland; but his poetry is also very much about the urban landscape of Sao Paulo. And while his poems often contain narrative passages, for the most part Bonvicino's work is centered on the play of sound and syntax, of rhyme and intense rhythmic shifts. His work is at once playful and wise.