25 October 2012
The Portuguese Writers’ Association (APE) has awarded its prestigious 2012 APE National Grand Prize “Grande Prémio de Romance e Novela” to author Ana Teresa Pereira for her latest novel , O Lago, [The Lake]. According to the jury, the book was awarded for its “daring” and being “the most original” of those in contention. “What […]
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23 October 2012
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the Graduate Program in Luso-Afro-Brazilian Studies, and the African and African-American Studies Program announced a lecture, “Portuguese Colonialism in the 20th Century: An Overview,” by Professor Filipe Ribeiro de Meneses of the National University of Ireland. The event, free and open to the public, is scheduled for […]
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23 October 2012
In the writing world, Portuguese-American author Amy Sayre’ creative life exists between the places that have shaped her family and her work: the Madeira Islands, Illinois and Eastern Tennessee. Currently teaching at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, where she is also associate poetry editor at Quiddity Literary Journal, her latest publication is forthcoming in Ninth Letter, […]
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22 October 2012
By Carolina Matos, Editor (*) The Azorean-Jewish Heritage Foundation, an interfaith delegation from Massachusetts, is in Ponta Delgada, São Miguel island, Azores, to launch the Sabar Hassamain Synagogue restoration project. The non-profit group is hoping to restore the only remaining synagogue in the Azores. The delegation met Monday with José Manuel Bolieiro, Ponta Delgada’s acting […]
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22 October 2012
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives, will host a lecture by author Manuel Rosa titled “The Secret Identity of Columbus: Peasant to Viceroy in 33 Days.” The event, free and open to the public, will take place October 25, at 7pm. Manuel Rosa has written three books revealing new details about Columbus remarkable […]
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22 October 2012
The Arte Institute, in collaboration with Lisbon based José Saramago Foundation, will promote a week of events in New York City, from October 25 to November 1st, to honor and celebrate the 90th birthday of novelist José Saramago, the 1998 Portuguese Nobel Prize Laureate. The calendar of events includes a screening of the documentary “José […]
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