1917 - Graduation from normal teachers’ college
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1917
Graduate teacher at the Escola Normal do Instituto de Educação do Rio de
Janeiro. "Immediately after graduating from the Escola Normal, in 1917, she begins to work. She teaches at a house in Av. Rio Branco, later being transferred to the Escola Deodoro, near the clock at Glória." |
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| 1919 Publishes her first work, Espectros. "In 1919, publishes the first book of poems, Espectros, which earns critics’ praise (...)". | ||||||||||||
| 1921 Marries the Portuguese artist Fernando Correia Dias with whom she would have three daughters: Maria Elvira, Maria Matilde and Maria Fernanda. | ||||||||||||
| 1922 Came to frequent the pages of literary magazines with her first appearance in the Catholic magazine Árvore Nova. | 1922 The Semana de Arte Moderna, (Modern Art Week, which is the public beginning of the modernist movement in São Paulo) takes place at the Municipal Theater in São Paulo, in February. | |||||||||||
| 1923 Publishes Nunca mais... e poema dos poemas. "It’s a period of intense activity, in which the second book, Nunca mais... e poema dos poemas is published, illustrated by her husband." | ||||||||||||
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1925
Publishes Criança, meu amor, later adopted as a first-reader
schoolbook. Publishes Baladas para el-rei. |
1925 Associates with the Modernist Movement, joining the group of carioca magazine Festa. | |||||||||||
| 1927 Beginning of the first phase of Festa magazine (1927-29 and 1934-35) | ||||||||||||
| 1929 Candidate for Chair of Literature of the Normal School of Rio, with the thesis ‘O Espírito Vitorioso’. It is not accepted, owing to backward prejudices. "In 1929, Cecília Meireles presents the thesis ‘O espírito vitorioso’ for the Chair of Literature at the Federal District Normal School. The defense is brilliant, but unable to win over minds already predisposed to offer the position to someone admittedly of the catholic group". | ||||||||||||
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1930
Begins her collaboration on Rio de Janeiro’s Diário de Notícias, in which
she has a daily section on education. Between 1930 and 1934, manages a daily page in the Diário de Notícias dedicated to subjects related to teaching. According to Valéria Lamego, the ‘Página de Educação’ was published from 12th June 1930 until January 1933. |
1930 Revolution in Brazil: end of the first republican period, when São Paulo and Minas Gerais’ oligarchies directed the political life of the country |
