Descrição
Only a few people know that the Brazilian writer Ariano Suassuna (1927-2014) was a plastic artist, too. He has illustrated some of his very works by the way and he has made some engravings that were released or sold sparsely during his life. This essay aims to analyze some of these Suassuna’s engravings, mainly one entitled “O presépio e nós – Poema de Natal” (“The nativity scene and us – Christmas Poem”), that the writer has produced according to the principles of an artistic genre named by himself as iluminogravura (illuminated engraving). Even though these works are in short dimensions, they perfectly illustrate all the sources involved in Suassuna’s creative process.||Poucos sabem que o escritor Ariano Suassuna (1927-2014) era também artista plástico, tendo, inclusive, ilustrado algumas de suas próprias obras e produzido gravuras divulgadas e/ou vendidas esparsamente. Este ensaio tem o objetivo, justamente, de analisar algumas dessas gravuras de Suassuna, principalmente uma intitulada “O presépio e nós – Poema de Natal”, que o escritor produziu seguindo os moldes do que ele mesmo nomeava como iluminogravura. Ainda que sejam produções curtas, essas obras ilustram bem as fontes envolvidas no processo criativo de Ariano Suassuna.
