Video: Symposium - Cityscapes of Rio and Bahia, Brazil and Panel Discussion: Literature from Rio de Janeiro

November 14, 2011

In the second installment to the Cityscapes of Rio and Bahia, Brazil symposium, this event featured contemporary Brazilian writers, translators, and scholars of Brazilian literature, who discussed currents in poetry, fiction, essays and song lyrics from the city of Rio de Janeiro. The event included novelists João Paulo Cuenca (Corpo presente) and Ana Maria Machado (Tropical sol da liberdade), and literary critics Elizabeth Lowe (moderator) (University of Illinois, Urbana), Charles Perrone (University of Florida at Gainesville), and Nelson Vieira (Brown University). In Portuguese and English.

With the Consulate General of Brazil in New York, the Brazilian Endowment for the Arts, The Graduate Center, CUNY, and InterAmericas®.

The Literature Program is made possible by the generous support of Honorary Benefactor Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat and The Reed Foundation. The Fall 2011 season is also made possible in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, and in part by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.




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