Abstract:
This article is related to the biographical practice subject. The project Cyro Martins – the decisive years (1908-1951) is developed in the Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras, in Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, in the area of Theory of Literature, since the year 2014. In “The biographical attempt”: the challenge of writing part of the life of Cyro Martins, the origins of the work are clarified, the relationship between biographer and biographer is highlighted, the research spaces and biographer's choices are evidenced. In addition, texts of some scholars of the biography are recovered (Leon Edel, François Dosse, Anna Caballé) and the organization of the biographical attempt Cyro Martins – the decisive years (1908-1951) is presented.
Keywords:
Biography; Cyro Martins; Challenge