deaths
February 4, 2004
Hilda Hilst, Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright (born 1930)
Hilda Hilst
Hilda de Almeida Prado Hilst was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. 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—is evident in her own work.
February 4
February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 330 days remain until the end of the year.