{"id":364401,"date":"2024-04-22T16:05:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=364401"},"modified":"2024-04-22T16:05:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T19:05:17","slug":"authors-in-dubai-welcome-itamar-vieira-jr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/authors-in-dubai-welcome-itamar-vieira-jr\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors in Dubai welcome Itamar Vieira Jr."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Itamar Vieira Jr.<\/strong>, one of the most widely read Brazilian authors of today, took his knowledge about the literary creation process to the United Arab Emirates<\/strong>. Last week he gave a workshop and participated in a debate with fellow authors in the Arab country. His latest novel Salvar o Fogo<\/em> \u2013 the second in a trilogy whose first novel Crooked Plow<\/em> made him famous \u2013 was the topic of one of the activities.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Author Itamar Vieira Jr. had his works translated across the globe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Vieira traveled by the invitation of Brazil\u2019s Veronika Topic Eleut\u00e9rio, under the patronage of the Clube Liter\u00e1rio DuBrasil<\/a> and UAEscreve. Both groups, which gather mostly Brazilian female authors living in the UAE, take authors and writing professors to the country every year or so for activities focused on the professional development of the participants. The invitation to Vieira was made two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The author gave a five-day creative writing workshop titled \u201cThe Paths of Fiction\u201d and participated in a meeting about his book Salvar o Fogo<\/em> in Dubai. The workshop tackled the creative process, how stories are born, characters, plotline, narrative voice, and proofreading and text editing. The 11 participants are female writers, most of them with experience and published works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting about his latest work was an activity of a book club featuring Vieira and 19 participants. Salvar o Fogo<\/em> tells the story of Mois\u00e9s, who lives as part of the family in a rural village in Bahia. Through the daily life of the characters, the author discusses religion and society. Vieira talked about the creative process and answered questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writing abroad<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWriting is a solitary activity that can also be solidary. Participating in a a community is essential to fostering the writing process, and it was a privilege to learn some techniques from one of the greatest names in the Brazilian literature of today,\u201d Zana Azeredo, a Brazilian writer living in the UAE who participated in the activities with Vieira, told ANBA.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Women participated in activity with Itamar Vieira Jr. in the UAE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

According to Azeredo, the workshop aimed at accelerating the professional development of authors in the UAE as well as stimulating the artistic and authorial community that create content in Portuguese despite living outside Brazil. She mentions phrases spoken by Vieira that have stayed with her like \u201cWe write to bear testimony to our times,\u201d \u201cWriting is being affected by what happens in the world,\u201d \u201cIt isn\u2019t enough to imagine stories \u2013 we have to turn them into literature,\u201d and \u201cCharacters are the soul of the story.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe mentions Tolstoy a lot, \u2018If you want to be universal, start by painting your own village,\u2019 and his writing about a very specific area of Brazil reflects this and has conquered the world,\u201d said Azeredo, who was joined in the activities by fellow writers Karina Heid, Veronika Topic Eleut\u00e9rio, Ursula Coli, Andrea Salgueirinho, and others. Vieira\u2019s works have been translated into several languages including German, Japanese and Arabic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more:
Brazilian writer to give workshop in the UAE<\/a>
Brazilian female authors showcase books at Expo 2020<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Translated by<\/strong> Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

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