| Summary: | <span lang="EN-US">The question we face is how can we understand the relationship between life and poetry in a work like the one by the poet Al Berto, so permeated by so-called self-writing (autobiography, diary, memoirs, correspondence, etc.). The intention in this article is to discuss the notions of autobiography, privacy, intimacy and authenticity in his poetic universe. For that, we comment not only the literary texts <em>stricto sensu</em>, as well as his public statements - interviews and speeches -, understanding them also as part of the “autobiographical game” proposed by the poet. At the end, we propose, as a case study, the analysis of two somewhat unknown texts by Al Berto: “Biographical note in letter form” and “Acceptance Speech for the PEN Club Award for Poetry”, both collected by us in the poet’s estate. </span>
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