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Bernard Pivot, French journalist and interviewer, who popularized Literature by his television Program called Apostrophes passed away today: https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2024/05/06/bernard-pivot-journaliste-createur-d-apostrophes-est-mort_6231907_3382.html

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Unfortunately, our scholars think Brazilian literature died on 60's and Guimarães Rosa was the last great author of Brazilian Literature. But, contradicting all of them, after Guimarães Rosa, we had Tropicália, Geração Mimeógrafo, Brutalismo, Clube da Esquina (Geraldo Carneiro is a incredible...

George Washington Cable: https://www.delphiclassics.com/shop/george-washington-cable/

Wow! Wonderful pages!!! :)

She was one of the greatest Brazilianists around the world, was a distinct essayist who researched about Brazilian Modernism, and was a great enthusiast about Murilo Mendes' work, principally Mendes' Italian works.

In fact, the book was published on 70's. My borrowed copy is from Aguilar Edition. This book was republished last year by Editora Sétimo Selo: https://editorasetimoselo.com.br/historia-da-literatura-brasileira More information about her (Portuguese)...

Purchases: 🇺🇸Elbert Hubbard (author of A Message to Garcia) - Works [Kindle Edition]; 🇧🇷 José Paulo Paes - Complete Poems [Kindle Edition]; 🇱🇧Elias Khoury - Yalo (Yalu) Borrowings: 🇮🇹 Luciana Stegagno Picchio - History of Brazilian Literature [Aguilar's edition]; 🇧🇷 Vinicius de Moraes -...

I think it's outrageous a small country to have 2 or 3 translators from a "non-conventional" language and a big country like mine don't have any specialist translator from Croatian and another Balkan languages. Sad! For example, to corroborate my point, Miroslav Krleža is still unpublished in...

Who is the Croatian translator who translates from Portuguese? Does he/she translate books from Brazil too?

Another prominent female critic on Poetry has gone... Marjorie Perloff who researched Modern Poetry also passed away last month.

I hope Netflix doesn't distort Cien Años de Soledad, the great Latin American novel. And I hope Pedro Páramo may adapted into film someday... Who knows? :)

This situation has some depth here, Liam. During the 90's, it was very common that a young man who had a deviant behavior had Pit bulls, Dobermans, Filas Brasileiros (Brazilian Mastiffs) to boast power and agressiveness, principally in Rio de Janeiro. This is stupid situation is due to...

Guys, I'd decide to start this thread telling a sad story (but with a happy final). Last month, Roseana Murray, Brazilian writer who writes for children and young adults, especialy poems, was attacked by three abandoned pit bulls (American Bull Terrier), a common dog race in Brazil used for...

"I was 13 years old when I met my uncle Marcelino: it was the first time when I traveled to Salvador. Three days before, I left Andaraí, my born city, in company of a dealer of diamonds, Mr. Gurmecindo, long-time buddy of my dad. The travel disturbed my heart. With so much happiness I left it -...

From Rocco (Selection of relevant releases): 1) https://rocco.com.br/produto/furias/ 2) https://rocco.com.br/produto/questoes-incendiarias/ 3) https://rocco.com.br/produto/tudo-se-ilumina/

New releases by Companhia das Letras: 1) https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/livro/9788535936261/big-loura-e-outras-historias-de-nova-york-nova-edicao (Dorothy Parker's new book published in Brazil); 2) https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/livro/9788556522238/um-romance-russo-nova-edicao...

Not only politicians but "collectives" and groups of pressure too (principally, alleged group of "minorities").

Obviously, not, Liam! At least, in my country... In nowadays, American Psycho is being treated as a dangerous work for "incels", "redpills", "MGTOWs", etc. I don't know the reality in North-American, but in my country freedom of speech and creativity in Arts no longer exists here. I don't...

Interesting question. I hope I'm wrong, but I more and more notice that, due the dysfunctions of "cancelling culture" and "#metoo movement", a writer who writes something about a "rapist" will be branded as mysoginist, will be sued and the work will never published.