2017-11-17 11:15:32
Niágara Cruz is a Brazilian musician and writer who released her second children's book last October, Lua de Couro (Leather Moon in English). Egypt was the country chosen for the first release, since she was involved in a teaching project there with local students of Portuguese.
The book is an independent release and took advantage of the Portuguese Language Department at the Aswan Univserity, uniting this publication to the music and teaching project Niágara participated in.
The book was presented in the Luxor Science School in front of the group of Portuguese learners of the above mentioned university.
As in her first book, Niágara Cruz includes in Lua de Couro (Leather Moon in English) a music CD, joining both her professional sides. The book is about a boy lost in the desert, which further enhances the good idea on presenting the book in Egypt.
The book is expected to be released in Brazil next December.
Story and photos retrieved from the Brazil-Arab News Agency.
2017-10-17 18:02:50
The newspaper Daily News wanted to know which are the 50 essential works of Portuguese literature with the help of several misunderstandings in the matter.
The final choice was thus divided: the 25 essential works in all genres; top 10 tests; the 5 best pieces of Theatre, and the 10 books of Poetry the most important.
Here is the list:
The Lusiads, Camões
The book of the Unrest, Fernando Pessoa
The Sermons Of Padre António Vieira
The Mayans, Eca de Queiroz
Cancioneiros Medievais (Cantigas de Amigo and Love)
Crónica de D. João I, Fernão Lopes
Pilgrimage, Fernão Mendes Pinto
Memorial do Convento José Saramago
Travels in My Land, Almeida Garrett
The Brazilian of Prazins, Camilo Castelo Branco
Sôbolos Rivers that Will, António Lobo Antunes
The Sibyl, Agustina Bessa-Luís
Sonnets, Antero de Quental
Humus-Raul Brandao
Book Sixth, Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen
Girl and young Woman, Bernardim Ribeiro
Bad Weather in the Channel, Vitorino Nemésio
The Art of Being Portuguese, Teixeira de Pascoaes
The Casa Grande de Romarigães, Aquilino Ribeiro
Signs of Fire, Jorge de Sena
Aparição, Vergílio Ferreira's Aparição
O Delfim, José Cardoso Pires
A Bee in the Rain, Carlos de Oliveira
Maina Mendes, Maria Velho da Costa
A Trip to India, Gonçalo M. Tavares
Poetry
Poetic work, Sá de Miranda
Poetry, Bocage
The Book, Césaire Green
Only, António Nobre
Clepsydra, Camilo Pessanha
Poems of God and of the Devil, José Régio
The Hands and the Fruits, Eugénio de Andrade
Capital Punishment, Mário Cesariny
The Spoon in the Mouth, Herberto Helder
All the Land, Ruy Belo
Theatre
The Auto da Barca do Inferno, Gil Vicente
The Castro, By António Ferreira
Auto do Fidalgo Aprendiz, Francisco Manuel de Melo
Wars of Rosemary and Marjoram, António José da Silva
The Jew, Bernardo Santareno
Test
Loyal Counselor, The King D. Duarte
Quod nihil scitur, Francisco Sanches
The True Method of Study, Luís António Verney
Contemporary Portugal, Oliveira Martins
The Idea of God, Sampaio Bruno
Trials, António Sérgio
Go To India Without Leave Portugal, Agostinho da Silva
The Labyrinth of Saudade, Eduardo Lourenço
The treaty of Evidence, Fernando Gil
The Error of Descartes, Antonio Damasio