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InternationalLiterary Program

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June 29 July 11 2014

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GETTING THEREAlleventsindicateboththemeetingpointfortheeventANDdirectionstotheeventifyouwishtotravelthereonyourown.Followingtheprogramschedule,therearedetailedmapsanddirectionsforeachlocation.Forthosewhowishtobeescorted,anassistantwillmeetparticipantsattheCNCapproximately45minutesbeforeeacheventtotraveltheretogetherbytaxi,foot,orpublictransport.

JUNE 29, Sunday

5.00 pm ORIENTATIONattheCentro Nacional de Cultura(CNC),followedbyadeparturefromtheCNCtotheAmericanEmbassy–seetheMaps&DirectionssectionsfordirectionstotheCNCfromtheprogramhotels/hostels.Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68

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6.00 pm | 8.00 pmWELCOMERECEPTIONATTHEOFFICIALRESIDENCEOFTHEUNITEDSTATESEMBASSYDeputyChiefofMissionJohnOlsonOfficial Residence of the United States Embassy Avenida da Torre de Belém, 11Dresscode:Business casual

JUNE 30, Monday

10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSFictionwithDEREKNIKITAS;FictionwithALISSANUTTING;FictionwithPADGETTPOWELL;PlaywritingwithJACQUELINEGOLDFINGER;PoetrywithERICADAWSON;Short-shortformswithSALLYASHTON;WritingtheLuso-ExperiencewithKATHERINEVAZ

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Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68

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Memoir&NonfictionwithJOSIPNOVAKOVICHHotel Lisboa PlazaTravessa do Salitre, 7

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADING PLUS Q&AonFernandoPessoawithRICHARDZENITHCasa Fernando PessoaRua Coelho da Rocha, 16

BorninWashington,DC,Richard Zenithisalong-timeresidentofPortugal,whereheworksasafreelancewriter,translator,researcherandcritic.HehaspreparednumerouseditionsofFernandoPessoa’sworkandtranslatedmuchofhisproseandpoetryintoEnglish.HisEducation by Stone: Selected PoemsbyBrazil’sJoãoCabraldeMeloNetowonthe2006translationawardfromtheAcademyofAmericanPoets.Zenith’sfictiontranslationsincludenovelsbyAntónioLoboAntunes,JoséLuandinoVieira,andJoséLuísPeixoto.AuthorofaFotobiografia de Fernando Pessoa,hehasalsopublishedpoemsandacollectionofshortstories,Terceiras Pessoas.

OpenedinNovember1993,theculturalcentreCasa Fernando PessoawasconceivedbytheLisbonCityCouncilasatributetoFernandoPessoaandhismemory.Withitsauditorium,garden,exhibitionrooms,worksofart,alibraryexclusivelydedicatedtopoetry,inadditiontofurnitureandpersonalitemsfromthepoet’sestate,theCasaFernandoPessoaisasmallbutmultifariousPessoanworldinthecitywherehelivedandtheareainwhichhespentthelastfifteenyearsofhislife,CampodeOurique.

6.30 pm | 8.00 pm LECTUREwith JOÃOFIGUEIREDO“CamõesandtheDiscoveries”Centro Nacional de Cultura, Galeria Fernando PessoaLargo do Picadeiro, 10 – 2 nd floor (door next to the street Café “Café No Chiado”)

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João R. FigueiredoholdsdegreesfromtheUniversidadedeLisboa(BA,1995;MA,2000;PhD,2006),whereheteachesliterarycriticism,PortugueseRenaissanceliterature(mainlyCamões),arthistory(ItalianRenaissancepainting,inparticular)andseveralGreatBookscorecourses.HeistheauthorofA autocomplacência da mimese(2003)andofseveralessaysonCamões.HeiscurrentlypreparingacommentaryeditionofCamões’Os LusíadasandfinishinganessayonGuidoReniandwritinganotheroneonRubens.

JULY 1, Tuesday

10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSAdventuresinFormwithDAVIDCAPLAN;CarminoLisbonwithMOEZSURANI;ThePessoaGamewithCYRIACOLOPESandTERRIWITEK Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADINGwithERICADAWSONandJOSÉLUISPEIXOTOCasa dos Bicos – Fundação José SaramagoRua dos Bacalhoeiros

Erica Dawsonistheauthoroftwocollectionsofpoetry:Big-Eyed Afraid (Waywiser,2007)andThe Small Blades Hurt (MeasurePress,forthcomingJanuary2014).HerpoemshaveappearedintwoeditionsofBest American Poetry, inBirmingham Poetry Review, Harvard Review, Literary Imagination, Southwest Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Poetry: A Pocket Anthology, andotherjournalsandanthologies.Shecurrentlywritesabi-weeklycolumn,Dark and Sinful,forCreative Loafing Tampa.HoldinganMFAfromOhioStateUniversityandaPhDfromUniversityofCincinnati,sheisanassistantprofessorofEnglishandWritingatUniversityofTampa.

José Luís PeixotoisoneofPortugal’smostacclaimedandbestsellingyoungwriters.Heistheauthoroffournovels,threeotherbooksoffiction,threepoetrycollectionsandathree-timewinneroftheJovensCriadoresPrize.Hisfirstnovel,Nenhum Olhar(publishedasBlank GazeintheUKandasThe Implacable Order of ThingsintheUSA)wasshortlistedforallthemajorliteraryawardsinPortugalandwontheJoseSaramagoAward,deliveredeverytwoyearsforthebestnovelwritteninallPortuguese-speakingcountries.Peixoto’sfirstfiction,Morreste-me

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(publishedintheUKasYou Died On Me)wasselectedbyVisãoasoneofthebestbooksofthedecade.In2008,hereceivedtheDanielFariaPoetryAward.

TheJosé Saramago FoundationwascreatedinJune2007andisfundedexclusivelybyproceedsfromtheworksofSaramago,whoin1998wontheNobelPrizeforLiterature.ItsthreebasicgoalsarethepromotionofPortugueseanduniversalculture,thedefenseofhumanrights,andtheprotectionoftheenvironment.Saramago’sashesareburiedundertherootsoftheolivetreefacingthemainentranceoftheCasadosBicos,namedafterthediamond-shapedstonesthatcoveritsfaçade.

6.30 pm | 8.00 pmLECTUREwith MARIATERESAHORTA, ANALUÍSAAMARALandVANDAANASTÁCIO“NewPortugueseLetters”.FilmbyPATRÍCIAREIS&ELVISVEIGUINHA.DiscussionmoderatedbyOONAPATRICK.FLAD – Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (Luso-American Development Foundation), AuditoriumRua Sacramento à Lapa, 21 (Taxi is the best way to get to FLAD; but as with all events, groups will leave from CNC 45 mins before start time)

Maria Teresa HortawasborninLisbon,Portugalin1937.Inadditiontojournalism,plays,andfiction,sheismostrenownedasapoet.In1971,duringthefascistEstadoNovoregime,“TheThreeMarias”(herself,alongwithMariaIsabelBarrenoandMariaVelhodaCosta)wroteacontroversialcollaborativeworkentitledNovas Cartas Portuguesas (New Portuguese Letters).Thebookwasbanned,andalonganduglyobscenitytrialensued,draggingonforyears,makingworldwideheadlinesandrenderingthewritersintofeministicons.In1974theregimefellandthechargesweredropped.Twoofthewomensubsequentlyusedtheirnotorietytolaunchafledgingwomen’smovementinPortugal,whichbroughtthemevengreaterrenown.InMay2014,MariaTeresaHortahasbeenawardedPrémiodeConsagraçãodeCarreirafromSociedadePortuguesadeAutores,oneofthecountry’smostimportantliteraryawards.

Ana Luísa Amaral,aProfessorattheUniversityofPorto,holdsadoctoratewithaspecialityintheworkofEmilyDickinsonandhasdevelopedherresearcharoundComparativePoeticsandFeministStudies.SheorganizedtheannotatededitionofNew Portuguese Letters (Novas Cartas Portuguesas,1972),byMariaIsabel


Barreno,MariaTeresaHorta,andMariaVelhodaCosta(2010).Shehaswrittenfifteenbooksofpoetry,sevenbooksforchildren,andhastranslatedmanypoets.AcollectionofessaysonherpoetryisforthcomingintheUK.

Vanda AnastácioisanAssociateProfessoratFaculdadedeLetrasoftheUniversityofLisbonwheresheteachesPortugueseCultureandLiteratureaswellasBrazilianLiteratureoftheColonialPeriod.ShecooperatesregularlywithseveralResearchCentersinPortugueseBrazilianUniversitiesaswellastheReal Gabinete Português de LeituraofRiodeJaneiro.SheispreparingacriticaleditionoftheWorksandlettersoftheMarquiseofAlornawiththesupportoftheFoundation of the Houses of Fronteira e de Alorna.ShehaspublishedscholarlyeditionsofPortugueseauthorsofthe16thand18thCenturies.AmongthemVisões de Glória (Uma introdução à Poesia de Pêro de Andrade Caminha),2vols.,(Lisbon,1998),(Viagem à Ilha do Amor by Cavaleiro de Oliveira(Oporto,2001),Obras de Francisco Joaquim Bingre,in6volumes(Oporto,LelloEditores,2000-2005),aneditionofCamõesTheatre(Teatro Completo de Camões,Oporto,2005),onevolumeofthecorrespondenceexchangedbetweentheMarquiseofAlorna(1750-1839)andtheCountessofVimiero(Cartas de Lília e Tirse (1771-1777), Lisbon,2007),Sonetos da Marquesa de Alorna (RiodeJaneiro,2008).LatelysheparticipatedintheGovernmentfundedprojectLivros de Fronteira (2010-2012),aimedattreatingandproducinganon-linecatalogueoftheancientbooksinthePrivateLibraryoftheFronteiraPalace,inLisbon.

JULY 2, Wednesday

10.00 am | 12.30 amCORE WORKSHOPSNIKITAS;NUTTING;POWELL;GOLDFINGER;DAWSON;ASHTON;VAZCentro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68

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NOVAKOVICHHotel Lisboa PlazaRua do Salitre, 7

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADINGwithDEREKNIKITASandSALLYASHTONCentro Nacional de Cultura, Galeria Fernando PessoaLargo do Picadeiro, 10 – 2nd floor (door next to the street Café “Café No Chiado”)

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Derek Nikitas istheauthorofthenovelsPyres,nominatedforanEdgarAwardin2008,andThe Long Division,aWashington Post Book World Best Bookof2009.BothnovelshavealsobeennominatedinFranceforthe EllemagazineReader’sChoiceaward.HisshortstorieshavebeenpublishedinsuchjournalsasThe Ontario Review, Chelsea, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, New South, andWashington Square.HeholdsaPhDfromGeorgiaStateUniversityandanMFAfromtheUniversityofNorthCarolinaatWilmingtonandisthecurrentdirectoroftheBluegrassWritersStudio,thelow-residencyMFAinCreativeWritingatEasternKentuckyUniversity.

Sally Ashton istheauthorofSome Odd Afternoon, Her Name Is Juanita,andThese Metallic Days.SheisEditor-in-ChiefoftheDMQ Review,anonlinejournalfeaturingpoetryandart.HonorsincludeafellowshipfromArtsCouncilSiliconValleyandaresidencyatMontalvoArtsCenter.ShewasPoetLaureateofSantaClaraCounty(SiliconValley),2011-2013.AshtonearnedherMFAatBenningtonWritingSeminars.SheteachesatSanJoséStateUniversity.Hernewblogissallyashton.com

6.30 pm | 8.00 pm READINGwithDENISJOHNSONSociedade de Geografia, Sala PortugalRua Portas de Santo Antão 100

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Denis JohnsonistheNationalBookAwardwinningauthorofTree of Smoke, Train Dreams, and Jesus’s Son.Inadditiontoseveralnovels,hehaswrittennonfiction,poetry,playsandscreenplays.AnIowaWriters’WorkshopgraduateandGuggenheimFellow,JohnsonhasbeenawardedtheWhitingWriter’sAward(1986),aLannanFellowshipinFiction(1993),TheParis Review’sAgaKhanPrize(2002),andhastwicebeenafinalistforthePulitzerPrize(2008,2012).BorninMunich,henowlivesinNorthIdaho.


JULY 3, Thursday

10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSCAPLAN;SURANI;LOPESandWITEK Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADINGwithJOSÉEDUARDOAGUALUSA,PATRÍCIAREISandPATRÍCIAPORTELALivraria FerinRua Nova do Almada, 70-74

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José Eduardo Agualusa(1960)spendsmostofhistimeinPortugal,AngolaandBrazil,workingasawriterandjournalist.Hisnovels,shortstories,poetry,nonfictionandplayshavebeentranslatedintomorethan20languages.ThenovelsCreole,The Book of Chameleons,My Father’s Wives,andRainy SeasonareallavailableinEnglish.Inthebeginingof2009,AgualusacompletedhisnewnovelBarroco tropicalwhilelivinginanartists’residencyinAmsterdam.In2006hestartedtheBrazilianbookpublisherLínguaGeral,forbookswritteninPortuguese.

Patrícia Reis(1970)beganherjournalisticcareerin1988workingindifferentPortugueseandinternationalmediaandmovedtoNewYorktoworkatTime Magazine.ShenowlivesinPortugalandisthepublisherofherownmagazine, Egoísta,andpartneroftheDesignAtelier004.Sheistheauthorofthephoto-novelBeija-me(Kiss Me,2006),thenovellaCruz das Almas(Cross of Souls,2004),andthenovelsAmor em Segunda Mão(Second Hand Love,2006)andMorder-te o Coração(To Bite your Heart,2007),allpublishedbyDomQuixote.No silêncio de Deus(In God’s Silence),waspublishedinPortugalinSeptember2008andinBrazilinMarch2009.Herlatestnovel,entitledContracorpo¸ waspublishedinMarch2013.

Patrícia Portela (1974)studiedsetandcostumedesign,sounddesign,scriptwritinganddocumentaryinLisbon,attheEuropeanFilmCollegeinDenmark,andelsewhere.ShehaswrittenandcoordinatedseveralperformancesincludingOperação Cardume Rosa,T5, Lan Tao,andWasteband.Shehaswonseveralawardsandhasachievednational


andinternationalrecognitionwithherunusualworkandhasbeenconsideredoneofthemostoutstandinganddaringartistsandwritersofhergeneration.Widelyanthologized,sheistheauthorofthenovelsPara Cima e Não Para Norte(2008)andBanquete(2012).In2013shewasinvitedtoparticipateintheprestigiousInternationalWritingProgram(IWP)attheUniversityofIowa.

TheoriginoftheLivraria Ferin bookshopdatesbacktotheearly19thCenturyPeninsularWar.BelgianJeanBaptisteFerin,thefirstofhisnametoimmigratetoLisbon,wasthegreat-great-great-greatgrandfatherofthepresentbookseller,JoaopauloDiasPinheiro.LivrariaFerinisthesecondoldestbookstoreinLisbonandhasremainedinthehandsofthesamefamilythroughoutitshistory.

6.30 pm | 8.00 pmREADINGwith JACINTOLUCASPIRESand JOSIPNOVAKOVICHLivraria FerinRua Nova do Almada, 70-74

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Jacinto Lucas PireswasborninOportoin1974andnowlivesinLisbon.Heistheauthorofthreenovels,Do sol, Perfeitos milagres and O Verdadeiro Actor (The True Actor).HewonthePrémioEuropa–DavidMourão-Ferreirain2008.HisotherworksincludeAssobiar em público,ashort-storycollection;Azul-turquesa,anovella;andLivro usado,atravelbookaboutJapan. Hehasalsowrittenplays,filmscripts,andhasdirectedtwoshortfilms.The True Actor wonthe2013DistinguishedLiteratureAwardoftheDST(DomingosdaSilvaTeixeira)organizationforthebestbookpublishedinPortugalinthepasttwoyearsandwasthefirsttitleinDzanc’snewDISQUIETimprint.PiresalsoplayswiththemusicbandOs Quais.

Josip NovakovichemigratedfromCroatiaattheageof20.Hehaspublishedanovel,April Fool’s Day(intenlanguages),threestorycollections(Infidelities: Stories of War and Lust, YolkandSalvation and Other Disasters)andthreecollectionsofnarrativeessaysaswellastwobooksofpracticalcriticism,includingFiction Writers Workshop.HisworkwasanthologizedinBestAmericanPoetry,thePushcartPrizecollectionandO.HenryPrizeStories.HehasreceivedtheWhitingWriter’sAward,aGuggenheimfellowship,theIngramMerrillAwardandanAmericanBookAward,andin2013hewasaManBookerInternationalAwardfinalist.HenowteachesatConcordiaUniversityinMontreal.


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NOVAKOVICH:Hotel Lisboa PlazaRua do Salitre, 7

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmREADING & LECTUREwithTEOLINDAGERSÃO“DiscoveringLisbon”Centro Nacional de Cultura, Cyber-ChiadoLargo do Picadeiro, 10 – 1st floor (door next to the street Café “Café No Chiado”)

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Teolinda GersãowasborninCoimbra(Portugal)andhaslivedinGermany,SãoPaulo,andMozambique.Sheistheauthorof13books,bothnovelsandshortstorycollections,translatedinto11languages.ShewasawardedthePenClubPrizefortheNoveltwicein1981and1989,theGrandPrixforNovelofthePortugueseWriters´Associationin1995,theFictionPrizeoftheICLA(InternationalCritics´LiteraryAssociation)in1999andthePortugueseWriters´Association’sGrandPrixfortheShortStoryin2001.Shewaswriter-in-residenceatBerkeleyUniversityin2004,andmanyofhershort-storieshavebeenpublishedinliteraryreviewsintheUSA.HernovelThe Word TreewaspublishedinGreatBritainbyDedalus.Herlatestnovel,Passagens,cameoutinMarch2014.

6.30 pm | 8.00 pmLECTUREwithRUIVIEIRANERY“ThePortugueseFado:FromAfro-BraziliantoaNationalIdentity”Museu do FadoLargo do Chafariz de Dentro, 1

Rui Vieira NerywasborninLisbonin1957.HeholdsaPh.D.inMusicologyfromtheUniversityofTexasatAustin(1990),whichheattendedasaFulbright


ScholarandagranteeoftheCalousteGulbenkianFoundation.HeteachesattheUniversidadeNovadeLisboa,andheisaseniorresearcherattheEthnomusicologyInstitute–CentreforMusicandDanceStudiesandoftheCentreforTheatreStudies.AsamusicologistandculturalhistorianhepublishednumerousstudiesonPortuguesemusichistory.From1995to1997heservedasSecretaryofStateforCultureinthePortuguesegovernmentandisnowanindividualmemberofthePortugueseNationalCulturalCouncil,themainadvisoryboardtotheMinisterofCulture.HewaschairmanoftheScientificCommitteeofthenominationofFadototheUNESCO’sRepresentativeListoftheIntangibleCulturalHeritageofHumanity.

TheMuseu do FadocelebratesFado’sexceptionalvalueasanidentifyingsymboloftheCityofLisbonanditsdeeprootsinthetraditionandculturalhistoryofthecountry.VisitorslearnthehistoryandevolutionofFadothroughmultimediaexhibitsthatpresentthemusic’sinfluencefromitsuseincinematoitsrolein20thCenturycensorship.ExperiencetechnicaldescriptionsofFadoguitarsandbiographiesofallmajorFadopersonalities.

JULY 5, Saturday

9.00 am | 12.30 pmEXCURSION AND WALKING TOUR TO CASCAISguidedbySCOTTLAUGHLINCasa das Histórias – Paula Rego MuseumDeparture by train, from Cais do Sodré train station [Lunch will be included for an extra 15 euro / 17 euro for meal and wine; sign-up for this walk on the sign-up sheets during the orientation]

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CascaisisacosmopolitansuburbofthePortuguesecapitalandoneoftherichestmunicipalitiesinPortugal.TheformerfishingvillagegainedfameasaresortforPortugal’sroyalfamilyinthelate19thcenturyandearly20thcentury.Onthistourwewillstrollalongcobblestonestreetsandyou’llhearaboutthehistoryofthetown.We’llwalkouttothepointtoseetheoldfortandtakeintheviewsofthemouthoftheTagusandthegreatseabeyond.ThenwewillmakeourwaytoCasadasHistórias,themuseumdedicatedtothegreatPortuguesepainterPaulaRego,whowasaveryclosefriendofAlbertodeLacerda’s.There,we’llhaveaprivatetourofbothRego’sworkandthebuilding,


whichhasgarneredmanyawards.We’lllunchatthemuseumandthenmakeourwaythroughthelabyrinthinestreetsofCascaistothetrainbacktoLisbon.

TheCasa das Histórias Paula RegowasdesignedbythearchitectEduardoSoutodeMoura(PritzkerArchitecturePrize2011).Thebuildingmakesuseofcertainaspectsoftheregion’shistoricalarchitecture,whichisherereinterpretedinacontemporaryway.Itcanbeimmediatelyrecognizedthankstoitstwopyramid-shapedtowersandthered-coloredconcreteusedinitsconstruction.

Paula RegowasborninLisbonon26January1935.Withherprodigiousimagination,PaulaRegohasexploredmanydifferenttechniquesandartisticlanguagesoverthecourseofhercareerwhilecontinuingtodisplaysurprisingcoherencethroughoutherwork.Shehasheldcountlesssoloandretrospectiveexhibitionsatleadinginternationalmuseumsandgalleries,andshe’swonahostofawardsandprizes.In1990,RegowasappointedthefirstAssociatedArtistoftheNationalGalleryinLondon.

JULY 6, Sunday

6.30 pm | 8.00 pmSTAGED READINGS OF SHORT PLAYSbyELAINEÁVILA,JOHNFREY,JACQUELINEGOLDFINGER,DENISJOHNSON,andJACINTOLUCASPIRES,stagedbyJOHNFREYSão Luiz – Teatro Municipal | Teatro Estúdio Mário ViegasRua António Maria Cardoso 58

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Elaine Ávila’splayshavepremieredinCentralAmerica,France,England,andthroughoutCanadaandtheU.S.Shehaswonnumerousawardsandhasbeenwidelypublished.ElaineistheformerEndowedChairandHeadoftheMFAPrograminDramaticWritingattheUniversityofNewMexico,founderoftheLEAPPlaywritingProgramatVancouver’sArtsClubTheater,andcurrentlyaPlaywrightsTheatreCentreAssociate.Shewasrecentlydistinguishedasadescendentesnotáveis(NotableDescendant)forhertheaterworkbytheGovernmentoftheAzores,Portugal.

John Frey hasworkedasanactorintheater,filmandtelevisionforthepast20years.Hehasalsotaughtacting,directedtheaterplaysandwrittenscreenplaysthathave


beenproducedinternationally.HefoundedtheJohnFreyStudioforActorsDramaSchoolinLisbon,Portugal,in2009.HeisalsotheartisticdirectoroftheBelowtheBeltTheaterCompanyestablishedinLisbonin2012.JohnreceivedtheSOPHIAAward(AcademyofPortugueseCinema)forbestscreenplayforthefilmOperação Outonoin2013andtheBestScreenplayAwardforthefilmThe LovebirdsattheInternationalFilmFestivalOurenseSpainin2009.JohnwasborninNewYorkCityandgraduatedfromtheWilliamEsperConservatoryforActorsNYC(MeisnerTechnique).

Jacqueline GoldfingerisaPhiladelphia-basedplaywrightanddramaturgwhoteachesplaywritingattheUniversityofPennsylvania.She’saco-FounderofTheFoundry,anorganizationthatsupportsthedevelopmentofemergingplaywrights.Hernewplay,Skin & Bone,willworldpremiereatAzukaTheatrethisspring.HerplaySlip/Shot wonthe2012BarrymoreAwardforOutstandingNewPlayandtheBrownMartinAward.Her11full-lengthplaysincludethe terrible girls, whichwasnominatedforaBarrymoreAwardforOutstandingNewPlay.Sevenofherplayshavebeenpublished.Formoreinformation,pleasevisitheronline:www.jacquelinegoldfinger.com

Denis JohnsonistheNationalBookAwardwinningauthorofTree of Smoke, Train Dreams, and Jesus’s Son.Inadditiontoseveralnovels,hehaswrittennonfiction,poetry,playsandscreenplays.AnIowaWriters’WorkshopgraduateandGuggenheimFellow,JohnsonhasbeenawardedtheWhitingWriter’sAward(1986),aLannanFellowshipinFiction(1993),TheParis Review’sAgaKhanPrize(2002),andhastwicebeenafinalistforthePulitzerPrize(2008,2012).BorninMunich,henowlivesinNorthIdaho.

Jacinto Lucas PireswasborninOportoin1974andnowlivesinLisbon.Heistheauthorofthreenovels,Do sol, Perfeitos milagres and O Verdadeiro Actor (The True Actor).HewonthePrémioEuropa–DavidMourão-Ferreirain2008.HisotherworksincludeAssobiar em público,ashort-storycollection;Azul-turquesa,anovella;andLivro usado,atravelbookaboutJapan. Hehasalsowrittenplays,filmscripts,andhasdirectedtwoshortfilms.The True Actor wonthe2013DistinguishedLiteratureAwardoftheDST(DomingosdaSilvaTeixeira)organizationforthebestbookpublishedinPortugalinthepasttwoyearsandwasthefirsttitleinDzanc’snewDISQUIETimprint.PiresalsoplayswiththemusicbandOs Quais.

Below the Belt Theatre Company wasbornfromArtisticDirectorJohnFrey’sdesiretoestablishaTheaterCompanyinPortugal.ThecompanyiscomprisedofactorshehasworkedwithattheJohnFreyStudioforActorsaswellasotheractorsandwritersheadmireshereinPortugal.Thisnewcompanypresentsplaysofpassion


andsocialrelevancethatreflectthehumancondition.Asamulticulturaltheatercompany,oneofourgoalsisalsotopresentourworkonnationalandinternationalstages.Formoreinformationsee:http://belowthebelt.yolasite.com.

JULY 7, Monday


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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmTRIBUTEtoALBERTODELACERDAwithLUISMARÍAMARINAandSCOTTLAUGHLINLivraria FerinRua Nova do Almada, 70-74

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ThelistofAlberto de Lacerda’sfriendsandacquaintancesisabsolutelyprolificandtouchesuponeverycontinent.HisstorybeginswithEdithSitwell,thegranddameofEnglishletters,throughwhomAlbertometArthurWaley,T.S.Eliot,andReneChar,amongothers.ItcontinuestoAmerica,wherehebefriendedAnneSexton,RobertDuncan,RosannaWarren,andJohnAshbery.Alongtheway,hecollectedfriendshipswithElizabethBishop,DavidHockney,OctavioPaz,RobertCreeley,andLouisZukovsky,tonameafew,andhislifeendswithanintimatefriendshipwithPulitzerPrize-winningauthorJhumpaLahiri.Readerswillreadfromletters,journals,poems,andremembrancesinordertopaintapicturenotjustofAlbertoandhisworkbutofalloftheseliteraryluminariesandaninternationallifeofletters.

Luis María MarinaisaSpanishdiplomat,poetandtranslator.HehasservedasapoliticalattachéattheSpanishEmbassiesinMéxicoCity(2006-2010)


andLisbon(2010-present),wherehelivesnow.Heistheauthorofthreepoetrycollections,abookofessaysonMéxicoCityandhascontributedtoseveralliterarymagazinesandanthologies.HeisnowthedirectorofthePortugueseLiteratureSeriesontheEditoraRegionaldeExtremadura,andhastranslatedseveralPortuguese-speakingpoetsintoSpanish,includingAlbertodeLacerda.

6.00 pm | 8.30 pmPARTICIPANT OPEN MIC[sign-uptoreadonthesign-upsheetsduringtheorientation]Grémio LiterárioRua Ivens, 37

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TheGrémio Literário wascreatedin1846byroyalcharterofQueenD.MariaII,thusgivinghersupporttotheinitiativeofaprestigiousgroupofwriters,politicians,andaristocratsofthePortugueseliberalworld.ThirtyyearslatertheGrémiosettledintoitspresentfacilitiesoverlookingtheriverTagusandtheMoorishCastle.Amongitsmembers,pastandpresent,theGrémioboatstwenty-fourheadsofstateandprimeministers.

JULY 8, Tuesday

10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSCAPLAN;SURANI;LOPESandWITEK(CYRIACOLOPESwillleadTheFernandoPessoaGameworkshoponatriptotheBerardoCollectionofModernandContemporaryArt,andallprogramparticipantsareinvitedtoattendforaconversationaboutthewaysinwhichthevisualartsarticulatelanguage;detailsTBA) Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pm PUBLISHING TALKwithMEAKINARMSTRONGandCHRISTOPHERCERFandCATHERINETICELivraria BertrandRua Garret, 73-75

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Meakin ArmstrongisfictioneditorofGuernica,atop-rankedliteraryandpoliticalsitethat’sreceivedacclaimbymagazinessuchasEsquire.Heisafreelancewriter,aformeradjunctprofessor,andaformeremployeeofThe New Yorker.Mostrecently,hisworkhasappearedinWigleaf, Noö Journal, elimae, Our Stories Literary Journal, InDigest,andvariousanthologies.HisnonfictionhasbeenfeaturedinMr. Beller’s Neighborhood, TheAtlantic.com, TheAlanticWire.com, Time Out New York,andthebooks New York Calling: From Blackout to BloombergandMuseyon Guides Film + Travel North America.In2007,hereceivedaBreadLoafWriters’Conferencescholarshipforfiction.

Christoper Cerf isanauthor,musicandtelevisionproducer,composer-lyricist,humorist,andco-founderandpresidentoftheeducationalmediaproductioncompany,SiriusThinking,Ltd.,whereheservesasCo-ExecutiveProduceroftheten-timeEmmy-winningPBSchildren’sliteracyshow,Between the Lions.InadditiontohisworkasasenioreditoratRandomHouseandserviceasamemberoftheModernLibrary’sBoardofAdvisors,CerfhelpedlaunchedtheNational Lampoonandconceivedandco-editedNot the New York Times.Heistheauthorofseveralbooks,includingtherecentEncyclopedia Paranoiaca, acomprehensiveguidetothingsyouabsolutely,positivelymustnoteat,drink,wear,take,grow,make,buy,use,ordo,co-writtenwithHenryBeard.In2010,CerfwasawardedtheHaroldW.McGrawPrize,inhonorofhislifetimecontributionstoeducation.

Catherine Tice livesinFortGreeneinBrooklyn,andhasworkedatThe New York Review of Books since1983,whereshecurrentlyservesastheAssociatePublisher.ShehasmadeslendercontributionstotheBerlineditionofLe Monde Diplomatique andmostrecentlytotheSt. Petersburg Review.Foundedin1732,Livraria Bertrand wasdestroyedintheearthquakeof1755,butwouldberebornyearslaterinRuaGarrett,whereitremains.Forovertwocenturies,thelibrarybecameaplaceofliterarymeetings,attendedbynotablessuchasAlexandreHerculano,OliveiraMartins,EçadeQueiroz,AnterodeQuental,AquilinoRibeiro,andRamalhoOrtigão.ItiscurrentlythelargestPortuguesechainofbookstores,with53locationsinadditiontoitsflagshipinChiado.

6.30 pm | 8.00 pm READINGwithALISSANUTTINGandPADGETTPOWELLLivraria FerinRua Nova do Almada, 70-74

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Alissa NuttingisauthorofthenovelTampa(Ecco/HarperCollins2013)andtheshortstorycollectionUnclean Jobs for Women and Girls(Starcherone/Dzanc2010),whichwontheStarcheronePrizeforInnovativeFictionjudgedbyBenMarcus.HerfictionhasappearedinpublicationssuchasThe Norton Introduction to Literature,Tin House,Bomb,andConduit;heressayshaveappearedinFence,theNew York Times,O: The Oprah Magazine,andothervenues.

Padgett Powellhaspublishedsixnovelsandtwostorycollections.Edisto madeTIME’sBest-of-YearFictionlistandwasanomineefortheNationalBookAward;ithasbeenpublishedinmanycountriesandlanguages.HisfictionhasappearedinThe New Yorker,Harper’s,Esquire,The Paris Review,andintheanthologies Best American Short Stories,O.Henry Prize Stories,andNew Stories from the South. Hisnon-fictionhasappearedintheNew York Times Book Review, New York Times Magazine, Harper’s,andBest American Sportswriting.HisawardsincludeaWhitingWriter’sAward,aPushcartPrize,theParis Review JohnTrainHumorPrize,thePrixdeRomefromtheAmericanAcademyandInstituteofArtsandLetters,andtheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrizeinfiction.HecurrentlyteachesatMFA@FLA,thewritingprogramattheUniversityofFlorida.

July 9, Wednesday


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NOVAKOVICH:Hotel Lisboa PlazaRua do Salitre, 7

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pm READINGwithCYRIACOLOPES,TERRIWITEKandMOEZSURANICentro Nacional de CulturaLargo do Picadeiro, 10 (door next to the street Café “Café No Chiado”)

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Cyriaco LopesInthepastfewyearsLopes’workhasbeenseenintheU.S.attheContemporaryMuseuminBaltimore,atElMuseodelBarrio,ApexArtandtheAmerica’sSocietyinNewYork,attheContemporaryArtMuseuminSaintLouis,amongothervenues.InthesameperiodhisworkwasalsoseeninFrance,Germany,Poland,ChileandPortugal.HismostrecentNewYorkCityshow,Crimes Against Love,wasfeaturedonthefrontpageofThe Advocate.HiscollaborationswithTerriWitekincludeBig Bronze Statues,chosenasoneofthehighlightsofthe2009seasonbyTimeOutNewYork,A Shelter on King’s Road,andUma Cosia N’Outra.

Terri WitekistheauthorofExit Island,whichincludesasuiteofimagesbyCyriacoLopesandanartbookedition(OrchisesPress,2012),The Shipwreck Dress(OrchisesPress,2008,FloridaBookAwardMedalist),Carnal World (StoryLinePress,2006),Fools and Crows(OrchisesPress,2003),Courting Couples(Winnerofthe2000CenterforBookArtsContest)andRobert Lowell and LIFE STUDIES: Revising the Self (UniversityofMissouriPress,1993).ShehaspublishedpoemsinSlate, The Hudson Review, The New Republic, The American Poetry Review,andotherjournals,andistherecipientoffellowshipsfromtheMacDowellColony,HawthorndenInternationalWriters’Retreat,andthestateofFlorida.AnativeofnorthernOhio,sheholdstheSullivanChairinCreativeWritingatStetsonUniversity.http://www.terriwitek.com/

Moez Surani’swritinghasbeenpublishedwidelyandwonnumerousawards,includingtheKingstonLiteraryAward,theAntigonish Review‘spoetryprizeandtheprestigiousChalmersArtsFellowship.Hisfirstpoetrycollection,Reticent Bodies,wasdescribedas“thatrarebookthathasthepowertobealynchpin,ahingeinthehistoryofCanadianpoetry.”Hissecondpoetrycollection,Floating Life,waspraisedforits“stunning,simpleimages.”HehastraveledwidelyinEuropeandAsia–includingJuly,2010,whenhewalked900kmoftheCaminoSantiagofromSaint-Jean-Pied-de-PortintheFrenchPyrénéestoCapeFinisterre,onthewestcoastofSpain.

6.30 pm | 8.00 pm READING & LECTUREwithGONÇALOM.TAVARES FLAD – Fundação Luso-Americana para o Desenvolvimento (Luso-American Development Foundation), AuditoriumRua Sacramento à Lapa, 21 (Taxi is the best way to get to FLAD; but as with all events, groups will leave from CNC 45 mins before start time)


ThePortuguesewriter Gonçalo M. Tavares wasborninLuandain1970andgrewupinPortugal.Inadditiontohisworkasawriter,heteachesTheoryofScienceatauniversityinLisbon.In2005hewontheJoséSaramagoPrizeforyoungwritersunder35.Inhisspeechattheawardceremony,JoseSaramagosaid:“Jerusalémisagreatbook,andtrulydeservesaplaceamongthegreatworksofWesternliterature.GonçaloM.Tavareshasnorighttobewritingsowellattheageof35.Onefeelslikepunchinghim!”Tavares’workhasbeenpublishedintheUSAand45othercountries.HisnovelAprender a rezar na Era de TécnicareceivedtheprestigiousPrizefortheBestForeignBook2010inFrance.

JULY 10, Thursday

10.00 am | 12.30 pmWORKSHOPSCAPLAN;SURANI;LOPESandWITEK Centro Nacional de CulturaRua António Maria Cardoso, 68

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2.30 pm | 4.00 pmTALK PLUS Q&AwithLUÍSACOSTAGOMESCentro Nacional de CulturaLargo do Picadeiro, 10 (door next to the street Café “Café No Chiado”)

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Luísa Costa Gomes writesshortstories,novels,plays,andscreenplays.Shehaswritten11plays,6novels,5collectionsofshortstories,severalbooksforchildren,and2librettos,includingthelibrettofortheoperaWhite RavenbyPhilipGlassandRobertWilson,performedinLisbonatTeatroCamõesin1998,andattheTeatroRealdeMadrid.SomeofherawardsincludethePenClubPortugalPrize(2010)andtheFernandoNamoraPrizeforBestPortugueseNovel(2010),bothfor Ilusão (Illusion),andthePrizeCamiloCasteloBrancoPrizeforContos Outra Vez(Twice Told Tales),awardedbythePortugueseWritersAssociation(1998).

6.30 | 8.00 pm READINGwithJOÃOTORDOandKATHERINEVAZFundação José Saramago, Casa dos BicosRua dos Bacalhoeiros


João TordowasborninLisbonin1975.HelivesinLisbonandstudiedinLondonandNewYork.In2009,hewontheprestigiousJoséSaramagoLiteraryPrizewiththenovelAs Três Vidas.In2011,hewasshortlistedforthePortugalTelecomPrizeinBrazilwiththesamenovel.HehasbeenshortlistedfortheEuropeanLiteraryAward(2012)andtwiceshortlistedfortheprestigiousFernandoNamoraLiteraryprize(2011,2010).In2001hewastherecipientofthePortugueseNewAuthorsPrize.Hehaspublishedsevennovels.Hislatest,Biografia involuntária dos amantes,cameoutwithAlfaguarainApril2014.Katherine Vaz hasbeenaBriggs-CopelandFellowinFictionatHarvardUniversityandFellowoftheRadcliffeInstituteforAdvancedStudy.ThisfallsheistheHarmanFellowinFictionatBaruchCollege.She’stheauthoroftwonovels,Saudade(aBarnesandNobleDiscoverGreatNewWritersselection)andMariana,publishedinsixlanguagesandpickedbytheLibraryofCongressasoneoftheTop30InternationalBooksof1998.HercollectionFado & Other Stories wonaDrueHeinzLiteraturePrizeandOurLadyoftheArtichokeswonaPrairieSchoonerAward.Herchildren’sstorieshaveappearedinanthologiesbyViking,Penguin,andSimonandSchuster,andhershortfictionhasappearedinmanymagazines.She’sthefirstPortuguese-AmericantohaveherworkrecordedbytheLibraryofCongress(HispanicDivision).

JULY 11, FRIDAY


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2.30 pm | 4.00 pm YOUNG PORTUGUESE POETS PANELwithDANIELJONAS,FILIPALEAL,MARGARIDAVALEDEGATOandVASCOGATO.ModeratedbyANAHUDSON.São Luiz – Teatro Municipal, Jardim de Inverno (Winter Garden)Rua António Maria Cardoso 58

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Daniel JonaswasborninPorto,wherehecurrentlylives.Heworksasateacherandinadditiontowritingpoetry,heisalsoadramatistandatranslator.Hispoetrybookssince2000includeMoça formosa, lençóis de veludo(2002),Os fantasmas inquilinos(2005),Sonótono(2007),Passageiro Frequente(2013),Nó(2014).

Filipa Leal wasborninPortoandstudiedjournalismattheUniversityofWestminsterinLondon.ShewentontodoaMAinPortugueseandBrazilianLiteratureattheUniversityofPortoandhassinceworkedasajournalistinradio,newspapersandtelevisionandorganizedaseriesofliteraryreadingsandeventsindifferentculturalvenues.Herpoetrybookssince2000includeTalvez os Lírios Compreendam(2004),A Cidade Líquida e Outras Texturas(2006),O Problema de ser Norte(2008),A Inexistência de Eva(2009)andVale Formoso(2012).

Margarida Vale de GatowasborninVendasNovas.ShehasaPhDinNorthAmericanLiteratureandCultureandteachesintheUniversityofLisbon.Sheisaliterarytranslatorofbothpoetryandprose,fromFrenchandEnglishintoPortuguese.SheistheauthorofthepoetrybooksMulher ao Mar(2010)andMulher ao Mar Retorna(2013).WithRuiCosta,sheco-wrotetheplayDesligar e Voltar a Ligar(2011).

Vasco Gato wasborninLisbon,wherehenowworksasatranslator.Hispoetrybookssince2000inculdeUm Mover de Mão(2000),Imo(2003),Lúcifer(2003),A Prisão e Paixão de Egon Schiele (2005),47(2005),Omertà(2007),Cerco Voluntário(2009),Rusga(2010),Napule(2011),andA Fábrica(2013).

Ana Hudsonisthecoordinatorofpoemsfromtheportuguese.org,whichpublishestranslationsintoEnglishofpoetrywrittensince2000bylivingPortuguesepoets.

6.30 pm | 8.30 pm FAREWELL RECEPTIONBoardingattheFerryTerminalbyCaisdoSodré

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LisbonFerry:“CacilheiroSt.Paulus”DeparturefromtheCaisdoSodréFerryTerminal.Wewillsailupstreamtothecity’sEasternzone–theParquedasNações–wheretheLisbonWorldExhibitionwasheldin1998(Expo‘98).WewillthensaildownstreamtoLisbon’sWesternzone,inBelém,toseesomeoftheemblematicmonumentslocatedonbothbanksoftheriverTagus.Drinks and appetizers will be served.

Orange“Cacilheiro”boatsarepartofthelovelysceneryofLisbonandtheSão PAULUSispartofthefleetofTRANSTEJO,aferrycompanyoperatingbetweenLisbon,onthenorthsideoftheTagusRiver,tothesouthsideoftheriveratTrafaria,PortoBrandão.BuiltbySchell&JohnhkinHamburg/Germanyin1959,CacilheiroSãoPaulusholds275passengersandhastwolargeviewingdecks.

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