Hilda Hilst, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Hilda Hilst

Brazilian writer

Date of Birth: 21-Apr-1930

Place of Birth: Jaú, São Paulo, Brazil

Date of Death: 04-Feb-2004

Profession: writer, poet, novelist

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Hilda Hilst (April 21, 1930 – February 4, 2004) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright.
She is lauded as one of the most important Portuguese-language authors of the twentieth century.
Her work touches on the themes of mysticism, insanity, the body, eroticism, and female sexual liberation.
Hilst greatly revered the work of James Joyce and Samuel Beckett and the influence of their styles like stream of consciousness and fractured reality in her own work.