series of events organised by the Department of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies and the BA in Portuguese Studies at UCC on the occasion of the bicentenary of the Independence of Brazil. Please join us on the  20 ^th  of April (9PM-10PM)   for a  roundtable with Itamar Vieira Junior and Miriam Alves.  

 

Throughout the year of 2022, Brazil is reflecting on two hundred years of independence and this roundtable brings together two of the most exciting writers on the Brazilian stage – Itamar Vieira Junior and Miriam Alves. As activists, educators, writers and public intellectuals, Itamar and Miriam have used their writing to provoke conversations around the connections between national identity, history, race and colonialism.

Itamar Vieira Junior was born in 1979 in Salvador de Bahia. He is geographer and has a PhD in ethnic and African studies awarded by UFBA. His novel Torto Arado, published by Todavia publisher in 2019, was awarded the Leya, Oceanos and Jabuti prizes and is being translated into a dozen of languages. In 2021 he published Doramar ou a odisseia: histórias, also edited by Todavia.

Miriam Alves has a BA in Social Services. From 1980 and 1989 she was a member of the Quilombhoje Literatura collective. She has developed a literary career for forty years. Alves’ short stories have been published in Cadernos Negros since 1982. She is author of nine books: three poetry books (starting with Momentos de Buscas), an essay book, two collections of short stories (the most recent one being Juntar Pedaços) and two novels, including Maréia (2019). Her work is included in several national and international anthologies and literary magazines.

The roundtable has been organised in partnership with the Cork Book Fest