Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Carlos Drummond de Andrade (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was perhaps the most influential Brazilian poet of the 20th century. He has become something of a national poet; his poem "Canção Amiga" ("Friendly Song") was printed on the 50 cruzados note. He is considered to be among the greatest Brazilian poets of all time. Drummond was born in Itabira, a mining village in Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil. Though his earliest poems are formal and satirical