The neighbourhood: the stories that emerge from forgotten spaces
Event Slider
Date
- / Cancelled / Sold out
Location
Auditorium 2 Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Bruno Vieira Amaral and Telma Tvon talk about the forgotten places around the city of Lisbon, in a ‘journey’ moderated by Mirna Queiroz.
Lisbon, a city of multiple faces, is unveiled by the words of two authors whose literary perspectives intersect in an intimate dialogue. Bruno Vieira Amaral and Telma Tvon tell us stories of forgotten places around the big urban centres, which in their literary works emerge not only as settings, but also as living, pulsating characters – spaces that breathe and observe, while holding secrets of anonymous people and silent daily lives.
Moderated by Mirna Queiroz, journalist, cultural programmer and founder of Pessoa magazine, this talk is a journey through the invisible city that is in plain sight.
The talk will be followed by a book signing.
Summer Garden 2024
This event is part of the Summer Garden 2024, a free-entry festival with concerts, DJ sets, talks, films and workshops. Learn more
Speakers
-
Bruno Vieira Amaral
He collaborates with Ler magazine, Expresso and Rádio Observador. In 2013, he made his debut with the essay Guia para 50 Personagens da Ficção Portuguesa. His novels have been honoured with various literary prizes. In 2016, he was named one of the Ten New Voices of Europe, chosen by the Literature Across Borders platform. In 2018, his essays were brought together in the volume Manobras de Guerrilha. The rights to his books have been sold to several countries, including Italy, Spain, Brazil and Hungary.
-
Telma Tvon
Telma Marlise Escórcio da Silva was born in Luanda and immigrated to Lisbon, where she attended secondary school while becoming involved in hip hop culture. She was part of the groups Backwordz, Hardcore Click and Lweji, made up of female MCs. She has a degree in African Studies from the Lisbon School of Arts and Humanities and a master’s degree in Social Work from ISCTE. In 2018 she launched the book Um Preto Muito Português, which addresses various issues related to the identity of a young man of Cape Verdean descent born and raised in Portugal.
-
Mirna Queiroz
She is a journalist, editor and cultural programmer. She has a master’s degree in Cultural Studies from the University of São Paulo. At the start of her career, she worked for three TV channels in Brazil. Between 1993 and 2007, she worked as a stringer for BBC Radio London and organised the first Brazilian Film Festival in Singapore. Between 2010 and 2023, she ran Mombak Publishing, through which she published Pessoa, an award-winning literature magazine in Portuguese, and organised anthologies and literary events in various countries. She also created the Mombak Cultural Association and FesThink – Festival of Thought.
The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation reserves the right to collect and keep records of images, sounds and voice for the diffusion and preservation of the memory of its cultural and artistic activity. For further information, please contact us through the Information Request form.
Related
No results were found for your criteria.