Flip starts this Wednesday (23) with the presence of the public in Paraty after 2 years

After two years, the Flip (International Literary Festival of Paraty) is again held with the presence of the public, since in 2020 and 2021 the festival took place virtually due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic. The 20th edition of the festival begins this Wednesday (23) and runs until Sunday (27) with the participation of literary stars, such as the French writer Annie Ernaux, winner of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature, and nationals as well, such as the actor , director and writer such as Lázaro Ramos and Geovani Martins, finalist of a Jabuti, among other prominent names.

The event is full of activities that include round tables, concerts, workshops, film sessions and soirees that fill the streets of the historic city on the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro. There are also parallel programs, with stands of publishers and authors, book sales and Flipinha, which is the version of the literary fair for children. THE

Among the Brazilian authors, Cida Pedrosa, Cidinha da Silva, Lenora de Barros, Cristhiano Aguiar, Ricardo Aleixo, Bernardo Carvalho and Luiz Maurício Azevedo participate in the Flip.

Among the international writers, the Argentineans Camila Sosa Villada and Cecilia Pavón will be at the fair; Cuban Teresa Cárdenas; the French Nastassja Martin; the North Americans Saidiya Hartman and Ladee Hubbard; the Portuguese Alice Neto and the Chilean Benjamin Labatut.

The party starts at 8 pm on Wednesday, with a table called “Pátrios lars”, a tribute to the writer and educator Maria Firmino dos Reis, author whose texts lead to reflection on themes such as the condition of women in the 19th century, feminisms and the role of women in Brazilian society.

The opening panel will feature the participation of historian Ana Flávia Magalhães Pinto, researcher of black authors Fernanda Miranda, social scientist Midria and the collective Slam das Minas.

honored

This year the author honored at Flip will be Maria Firmina dos Reis. There is no exact date of her birth, but there is a possibility that she was born in 1822. Writer and educator, in 1859 she published “Úrsula”, a novel that inaugurates the lineage of abolitionist literature in Brazil and that, after years of erasure, has been gaining popularity. more attention, inside and outside Brazil.

According to the event’s official website, the texts by Maria Firmina dos Reis are significant for understanding how she at the same time read her historical moment and knew how to fable from it.

A teacher of first letters in Guimarães, Maranhão, her prolific work was built practically in parallel with the mostly male and white literature in Brazilian literary circles.

Only in the 1970s was Maria Firmina rediscovered as a result of researchers’ readings. The author died without prestige in 1917.

This year, marked by the Bicentennial of Independence and the centenary of the Modern Art Week, the tribute to Maria Firmina values ​​those who work for the word and for a more welcoming cultural and educational environment.

This year, Flip also brings an innovation: it will celebrate the artistic trajectory of a living personality.

The featured artist at Flip 2022 is Claudia Andujar, a writer whose work highlights the importance of respecting women, indigenous lives, black and peripheral populations, and human rights.

To plan ahead and take advantage of Flip’s extensive list of events, check out the schedule here🇧🇷

(With information from Agência Brasil)