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    Tag: Portugal

    To search for the sources of joy

    Hi, folks, Inspired by Buried.In.Print’s Mavis Gallant and Alice Munro reading projects, I decided to incorporate more short stories into my weekly reads, and I thought that…… Read more “To search for the sources of joy”

    9 de January de 202016 de February de 2020 by juliana

    The force that drives the blind against the light

    Miserere Nobis – by Miguel Torga What a verse takes! At this time, how many poets, like me, are waiting! Winter is gone, spring came, the night…… Read more “The force that drives the blind against the light”

    22 de November de 201822 de November de 2018 by juliana

    Miguel Torga

    Miguel Torga (pseudonym of Adolfo Correia da Rocha, 1907 – 1995) was a Portuguese writer. He studied at a Catholic seminary. In 1920, he was sent to Brazil to work as an underpaid…… Read more “Miguel Torga”

    22 de November de 201822 de November de 2018 by juliana

    The vast, ancient, solitary sea

    Discovery Green-muscled ocean Idol of many arms like an octopus Convulsive incorruptible chaos Ordered tumult Contorted dancer Surrounding the taut ships We traversed row on row of…… Read more “The vast, ancient, solitary sea”

    15 de September de 2018 by juliana

    Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen

    Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen (November 6, 1919 – July 2, 2004) was a Portuguese writer. Born to a wealthy family, she studied  Classical Philology at the Universidade…… Read more “Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen”

    15 de September de 2018 by juliana

    On sad days no one talks of birds

    “On sad days no one talks of birds – by Filipa Leal On sad days no one talks of birds We ring up friends and they are…… Read more “On sad days no one talks of birds”

    26 de June de 201727 de June de 2017 by juliana

    Filipa Leal

    Filipa Leal (1979) is a Portuguese writer. She studied journalism at the University of Westminster, London, and holds a MA in Portuguese and Brazilian Literature from the…… Read more “Filipa Leal”

    26 de June de 201727 de June de 2017 by juliana

    And the fruits gleamed in that light

    “Of the voice of things – by Fiama Hasse Pais Brandao Only the wind’s blast gives lyrical sound to the windmill’s blades. Only the things touched by…… Read more “And the fruits gleamed in that light”

    23 de May de 201731 de May de 2017 by juliana

    Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão

    Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão (15 August 1938 – 19 January 2007) was a Portuguese writer. She studied in the University of Lisbon, and worked as a theatre critic…… Read more “Fiama Hasse Pais Brandão”

    23 de May de 201731 de May de 2017 by juliana

    if this signal flashes out so feebly in the dark

    “Woman overboard – by Margarida Vale de Gato MAYDAY I call, because the war goes on; and empty is the vessel in which I left – it…… Read more “if this signal flashes out so feebly in the dark”

    19 de May de 2017 by juliana

    Margarida Vale de Gato

    Margarida Vale de Gato (1973) is a Portuguese poet and literary translator. She has a PhD in North American Literature and Culture, and teaches American Studies and Literary…… Read more “Margarida Vale de Gato”

    19 de May de 201719 de May de 2017 by juliana

    I dig into the heart a well of salt

    “I dig into the heart a well of salt, so as to give drink to the traveler I was. I let the wind drag with it the…… Read more “I dig into the heart a well of salt”

    7 de April de 20178 de May de 2017 by juliana

    Al Berto

    Al Berto (Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares, January 11, 1948 – June 13, 1997) was a Portuguese poet. Born in Coimbra, he moved to Brussels in 1967, where he…… Read more “Al Berto”

    7 de April de 201730 de August de 2018 by juliana

    A still light in the middle of the whirlwind

    “There are men opening their hands like books Intense surfaces without noise – the springs On smooth rock, in the unforeseen desert Silence is warm. It is…… Read more “A still light in the middle of the whirlwind”

    31 de March de 20178 de May de 2017 by juliana

    Daniel Faria

    Daniel Augusto da Cunha Faria (10/04/1971 – 09/06/1999) was a Portuguese poet and Catholic theologian. He graduated in Theology and then took a degree in Portuguese Studies…… Read more “Daniel Faria”

    31 de March de 20173 de April de 2017 by juliana

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