Category Archives: International perspectives

Literary manuscripts in Brazil

Posted on 24 July 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo

Our colleague in São Paulo, Luciana Negrini, who posted the article on Osman Lins here in May 2013, has sent us a lot more information about literary archival collections in Brazil.  It appears that Brazil meets two of the suggested … Continue reading →

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Quebra-cabeça literário: o trabalho de recomposição de uma narrativa de vida presente no Arquivo Osman Lins

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Sebastian Gurciullo
Osman Lins retrato

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Osman Lins (1924–1978), escritor brasileiro [pernambucano], optou por dedicar sua vida à Literatura. Seu projeto literário mescla-se com sua biografia, posto que muitos dos fatos que marcaram sua história pessoal surgem (e ressurgem) em sua obra de maneira significativa. Um … Continue reading →

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Saramago, Pamuk, Mahfouz and others: Language and location

Posted on 20 January 2013 by David Sutton

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Reading Leonor’s post on the José Saramago Archive prompts me to reflect on its wider implications.  The first thing to say is that it is splendid news that the Saramago Archive is going to find a devoted and fitting home … Continue reading →

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Arquivo de José Saramago

Posted on 8 January 2013 by lcborges

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José Saramago (1922-2010), primeiro Nobel português da Literatura, nasceu no Ribatejo, (Golegã, Portugal) numa família de camponeses, filho de José de Sousa, jornaleiro, e Maria de Jesus, doméstica. Curiosamente, é o primeiro Saramago da sua família, facto que se ficou … Continue reading →

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Dissident Authors Project

Posted on 29 August 2012 by catherinehobbs

This past year, a suggestion was made to form a project to develop guidelines and practices to protect the archives of dissident writers. As prominent cultural figures who give voice to a people’s concerns or political realities writers are often … Continue reading →

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