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A Brazilian Life with award winning poet Salgado Maranhão
Start Date: 10/15/2012Start Time: 3:00 PM
End Date: 10/15/2012End Time: 4:30 PM
Event Description
A Brazilian Life with award winning poet Salgado Maranhão and distinguished translator Alexis Levitin.

Salgado Maranhão, one of Brazil’s leading contemporary poets, will be visiting Drexel University as part of a US tour this fall. His collected poems “The Color of the Word” won Brazil’s highest award, the Premio de Poesia da Academia Brasileira de Letras, for the year 2011. Salgado will share his poetry that will offer a narrative of his unique life, uniting Brazilian culture, race and history. He will be joined by the distinguished translator Alexis Levitin who has published 31 books of translation.

October 15, 2012
James E. Marks Intercultural Center Lower level
3:00pm - 4:30pm

Free event. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, the Certificate program in Writing and Publishing in the Department of English and Philosophy, The Office of Equality and Diversity, International Area Studies, and Africana Studies.

For information, please contact Jackie Rios jsr62@drexel.edu.
Contact Information:
Name: Jacqueline Rios
Phone: 215.895.6910
Email: jsr62@drexel.edu
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Location:
James E. Marks Intercultural Center
Lower Level
Audience:
  • Alumni
  • Current Students
  • Faculty
  • Parents & Families
  • Prospective Students
  • Public
  • Staff

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