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Although Vinicius had established his public figure through poetry and popular song, he was one of the greatest prose writers of his generation. As a matter of fact, a generation where the good prose of that time was crystallized through a chronic genre extremely characterized by the style of Rio de Janeiro city.
With a large number of newspapers that circulated in the city and with a team of writers which would vary from Rubem Braga to Carlinhos de Oliveira, from Carlos Drummond de Andrade to Clarice Lispector, from Fernando Sabino to Nelson Rodrigues, Vinicius sit among them as a chronicler who transmitted to the prose, the same reasons and the same lightness of style that he presented to the public in his poems.
Poema para Candinho Portinari
Vinicius de Moraes
Poesia
POEMA PARA CANDINHO PORTINARI
(Em sua morte cheia de azuis e rosas)
Lá vai Candinho!
Pra onde ele vai?
Vai pra Brodóvski
Buscar seu pai.
Lá vai Candinho!
Pra onde ele foi?
Foi pra Brodóvski
Juntar seu boi.
Lá vai Candinho!
Com seu topete!
Vai pra Brodóvski
Pintar o sete.
Lá vai Candinho
Tirando rima
Vai manquitando
Ladeira acima.
Eh! Eh, Candinho!
Muita saudade
Para Zé Cláudio
Mário de Andrade.
Se vir Ovalle
Se vir Zé Lins
Fale, Candinho
Que eu sou feliz.
Ouviu, Candinho?
— Diabo de homem mais surdo...
Petrópolis, 1962
