The presumed heart of America

Name: The presumed heart of America
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SKU: 9788501092564
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Autor: Nélida Piñon

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Originally published in 2002, *The Presumable Heart of America *, in a new edition by Editora Record, brings together some of these speeches, delivered by award-winning writer Nélida Piñon between 1985 and 2002. Her deep Galician roots and her connection to Brazil and Latin America shape the 26 texts, which seem to anticipate her 2009 memoir *Coração Andarilho* , forming an emotional and cultural panorama of all that is her ancestors. Whether it's receiving the prestigious Juan Rulfo Prize in Mexico for her body of work—which prompted the book's eponymous speech, in which the writer elevates a punished and tarnished Latin America to its rightful place in a declaration of love—or her acknowledgement of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa. As the equally immortal Marco Lucchesi presents in the book's introduction, the most celebrated of our writers evokes—whether at the University of Santiago de Compostela, the Brazilian Academy of Letters, or the Guadalajara fair—her ancestral land, roots, and foundation. Galicia and Brazil, as image and mirror.

One of the greatest ladies of Brazilian literature, Nélida is accustomed to speaking to audiences. Over the past decades dedicated to literature, the author of "Vozes do deserto" —which earned her the Jabuti Prize for best novel and book of the year in 2005—brings a wealth of national and international awards for her acclaimed work, honorary degrees from universities around the world, and conferences.

Inducted as an immortal by the Brazilian Academy of Letters in 1990, she was the first woman to preside over the organization, in the year of its centennial. In her speeches, however, Nélida always took care to avoid the ephemeral nature typical of ceremonies. Her texts, on the contrary, stand out as a collection of admirable portraits of literature and intellectual activity on the continent, replete with perspectives where memoir, essays, and fiction combine under the framework of poetry.

"It's a book with many readings. It can be read as a diffuse prose poem. Or as a novel. Because the high voltage of these essays proves to the full the plural index of a high literature. And, not without reason, Nélida is the strong name of Brazilian literature, which leans out the window of the world," attests Marco Lucchesi.

A mix of genres, The Presumable Heart of America achieves an exquisite result, where Nélida Piñon reaffirms her ability to create the best literature.

ISBN	978-850-109-256-4
Tradutor
Altura	210 mm
Largura	135 mm
Profundidade	14 mm
Lançamento	04/05/2011
Páginas	256

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Nélida Piñon

Nélida Piñon nasceu no Rio de Janeiro em 1937 e estreou em 1961 com o romance Guia-mapa de Gabriel Arcanjo. Ao longo da carreira, colaborou em publicações nacionais e estrangeiras, proferiu conferências em diversos países e foi traduzida para diversas línguas. Foi catedrática da Universidade de Miami e escritora-visitante de diversas universidades, entre elas Harvard, Columbia, Johns Hopkins e Georgetown. Vencedora dos mais prestigiosos prêmios de literatura no Brasil, ganhou no exterior os prêmios Juan Rulfo, do México; Jorge Isaacs, da Colômbia; Gabriela Mistral, do Chile; Rosalía de Castro e Menéndez Pelayo, da Espanha; e Vergílio Ferreira e Lusofonia, em Portugal. Em 2005, pelo conjunto de sua obra, recebeu o importante Prêmio Príncipe de Astúrias. Foi doutora honoris causa das universidades Poitiers, Santiago de Compostela, Rutgers, Florida Atlantic, Montreal, UNAM e PUC-RS. Em 1989, foi eleita para a Academia Brasileira de Letras e, em 1996, por ocasião do centenário da ABL, tornou-se a primeira mulher a presidi-la. Em 2012, foi nomeada Embaixadora Ibero-Americana da Cultura. Faleceu em 2022, aos 85 anos, em Lisboa.

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