{"id":317843,"date":"2022-09-09T18:15:12","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T21:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/livro-traz-biografia-e-poesia-de-jamil-almansur-haddad\/"},"modified":"2022-09-14T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T17:25:47","slug":"book-brings-life-poetry-of-brazils-jamil-almansur-haddad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/book-brings-life-poetry-of-brazils-jamil-almansur-haddad\/","title":{"rendered":"Book brings life, poetry of Brazil\u2019s Jamil Almansur Haddad"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Brazilian of Lebanese descent Jamil Almansur Haddad<\/strong> and his literary work became the subject of a book launched this week in S\u00e3o Paulo by journalist Christina Stephano de Queiroz<\/strong>. \u2018A Lua do Oriente e Outras Luas \u2013 Biografia e Poesia de Jamil Almansur Haddad\u2019 [\u2018The Moon of the East and Other Moons \u2013 Biography and Poetry of Jamil Almansur Haddad,\u2019 in free translation] retrieves the life story and writings of the poet, translator, and literary critic son of Arabs who lived from 1914 to 1988 and still is not well-known to the contemporary Brazilian readers.<\/p>\n

Realizing there was a certain forgetfulness of the poet in Brazilian literary historiography motivated Christina to make him the subject of her Ph.D. dissertation. Academic research gave rise to the book. The journalist\u2019s initial idea for her doctorate was to map Brazilian authors of Arab descent, but coming across Jamil and realizing the size and importance of his work made Christina change her plans. \u201cIt was worth a retrieval work; worth focusing the research on him,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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The book by publishing house Ateli\u00ea Editorial<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The researcher appraised his poetic work while reporting Haddad\u2019s story in the book. Christina said the book comprises three strands: Biography, literary production, and poetry analysis. It features a selection of poems. \u201cI always start from a primary context; Arab immigration to Brazil. That is my pillar. When I investigate and look at poetry, I am always supported by this imaginary, this story, and Brazilian literary historiography,\u201d said Christina.<\/p>\n

Immigration is a fundamental subject in Jamil\u2019s story. His parents moved from Lebanon to Brazil, and he was born in S\u00e3o Paulo. He was the first in his family to attend higher education, obtaining a degree in psychiatry. \u201cBut his dream, his great ambition was to work with literature, so his medical career was always interspersed with literary productions,\u201d stated Christina. Jamil also translated from English, French, and Arabic; the latter he learned at home; and published literary reviews.<\/p>\n

Jamil\u2019s poetic work traveled through several aspects, such as engaged poetry, nostalgia, surrealism, and literary eroticism. In his verses are dancing odalisques, the zipper that opens and closes, sick bodies seen in medicine, the cemetery with flying tombstones, and the Cuban revolution. Christina defined Jamil as a frontier writer. \u201cHe was labeled as out-of-place his whole life, but, in fact, he had a place; he wrote from a border place, the border was his place,\u201d she told.<\/p>\n

The book written by the journalist is 374 pages long, and the publication brings a few changes in relation to the Ph.D. dissertation text. The academic work on Jamil was awarded as a distinguished dissertation in Language, Linguistics, and Arts by the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) in 2018, the year after Christina concluded her studies. The book was released by the publishing house Ateli\u00ea Editorial.<\/p>\n

The journalist said Michel Sleiman and Elaine Robert Moraes played essential roles in the making of the book. Both are professors at USP. Sleiman is also a poet, editor, and translator and was Christina\u2019s Ph.D. advisor. Elaine is a literary critic specializing in erotic literature and presented Jamil\u2019s story and work to the researcher. For the book\u2019s publication, Christina also had the support of Fernanda Mokdessi Auada, in charge of Jamil\u2019s estate.<\/p>\n

The journalist<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to working with books, Christina Stephano de Queiroz works as a journalist at Revista Pesquisa Fapesp. The focus is science journalism. With an undergraduate degree in Journalism from the Pontifical Catholic University of S\u00e3o Paulo (PUC-SP), Christina obtained her master\u2019s degree at the University of Barcelona, Spain, where she explored the topic of Arab immigration literature. For her master\u2019s thesis, she was awarded by the Spanish Society of Arab Studies.<\/p>\n

The launch of the book \u2018A Lua do Oriente e Outras Luas \u2013 Biografia e Poesia de Jamil Almansur Haddad\u2019 [\u2018The Moon of the East and Other Moons \u2013 Biography and Poetry of Jamil Almansur Haddad\u2019] took place at Livraria da Vila, in S\u00e3o Paulo, last Thursday, September 8. The work is on sale in bookstores, digital platforms, and the publisher\u2019s website.<\/p>\n

Translated by El\u00fasio Brasileiro<\/strong><\/p>\n

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