São Paulo – Lebanese-born author Salim Miguel will get a website and a special program starting next Tuesday, January 30, when he would turn 100. With over 30 books published, Miguel came from Lebanon to Brazil at the age of 3 and built his life and career in the Latin American country. He died at 92.
The website “Salim Miguel 100 anos” [Salim Miguel 100 years] will be released on his birthday by initiative of his family. In addition to the portal, the celebration will feature events throughout 2024 – including some on the 30th itself – in different institutions. Information on the program will be available on the website.
The website will also present a brief biography of Salim Miguel, a list of his complete work, a photo gallery, testimonials, and comments. An email address is also provided to receive collaborations of readers, friends, scholars, and family members. Novelist and short story writer, Salim Miguel was also an important literary critic, a leading figure in the cultural life of Santa Catarina, where he lived, and the recipient of various literary prizes.
One of the events next Tuesday, the birthday itself, is the launching of a commemorative plaque at the headquarters of publishing house Editora da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina in Florianópolis.
The bibliographic survey Levantamento Bibliográfico: Salim Miguel will also be published online by the Institute for Documentation and Investigation in Human Sciences (IDCH) of the State University of Santa Catarina (Udesc), with references to articles and literary reviews by Miguel published in journals and newspapers in Brazil.
A special supplement of “Libanus”, a quarterly web-journal, will be published by initiative of the Lebanese Brazilian Academy of Literature, Arts and Sciences, which was established in 2022 by the consulate in Rio de Janeiro and brings together Lebanese and Arab descendants from across Brazil.
Throughout the year, events will also be held by other institutions, like the Brazilian Academy of Letters on March 21, Sesc Friburgo from May 7 to 10, and the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and the University of Brasília (UnB) in the second half of the year.
Translation by Guilherme Miranda
