This essay studies Glauco Mattoso’s beginnings of writing and the construction of his image of author in the context of the democratic transition in Brazil, in relation with the marginal poetry and “desbunde” trends in literature and visual arts. It also delves into the relation between literature and politics in the origin of the politics of desire in Brazil. --- DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25094/rtp.2017n22a442
