Lecture by Angolan Writer Ondjaki
When: Wednesday,
November 16, 2016
5:00 PM
Where: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314
Description: The Department of Portuguese and the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture present: "The Third Margin of the Language is Affection," a lecture by Angolan writer Ondjaki - this lecture will be in Portuguese.
Date: November 16, Wednesday
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Claire T. Carney Library, room 314
All are welcome! Free and open to the public
For more information: Prof. Glaucia Silva - gsilva@umassd.edu
Abstract: Using a personal and subjective lens, the Portuguese language may (also) be looked at from the point of view of affection. The third margin appears as a possible image to an approach to the language of speaking, writing, and dreaming. Focusing on the Portuguese language of Angola, Ondjaki proposes a short trip through personal, singular, interventional times of our common language.
Bio: Ondjaki was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1977, and holds a PhD in African Studies (Orientale, Napoli/Italy). As well as being a poet and prose writer, Ondjaki also writes screenplays. He is a member of the Unio dos Escritores Angolanos and has received the following awards: Sagrada Esperana (Angola, 2004); Conto A.P.E. (Portugal, 2007); FNLIJ (Brazil, 2010); JABUTI Juvenil (Brazil, 2010); José Saramago Award 2013 (Portugal); Littérature-Monde (France, 2016). His books have been translated to French, Spanish, Italian, German, English, Serbian and Swedish [www.kazukuta.com/ondjaki]. Ondjaki is the current Halio and Amalia Pedroso/Luso-American Foundation Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies at UMass Dartmouth, where he has been teaching a graduate seminar titled The New Frontiers of the Portuguese Language.
Date: November 16, Wednesday
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: Claire T. Carney Library, room 314
All are welcome! Free and open to the public
For more information: Prof. Glaucia Silva - gsilva@umassd.edu
Abstract: Using a personal and subjective lens, the Portuguese language may (also) be looked at from the point of view of affection. The third margin appears as a possible image to an approach to the language of speaking, writing, and dreaming. Focusing on the Portuguese language of Angola, Ondjaki proposes a short trip through personal, singular, interventional times of our common language.
Bio: Ondjaki was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1977, and holds a PhD in African Studies (Orientale, Napoli/Italy). As well as being a poet and prose writer, Ondjaki also writes screenplays. He is a member of the Unio dos Escritores Angolanos and has received the following awards: Sagrada Esperana (Angola, 2004); Conto A.P.E. (Portugal, 2007); FNLIJ (Brazil, 2010); JABUTI Juvenil (Brazil, 2010); José Saramago Award 2013 (Portugal); Littérature-Monde (France, 2016). His books have been translated to French, Spanish, Italian, German, English, Serbian and Swedish [www.kazukuta.com/ondjaki]. Ondjaki is the current Halio and Amalia Pedroso/Luso-American Foundation Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies at UMass Dartmouth, where he has been teaching a graduate seminar titled The New Frontiers of the Portuguese Language.
Contact:
Portuguese Department 508.999.8271 http://www.umassd.edu/cas/departmentsanddegreeprograms/portuguese/
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