Frankfurt Book Fair
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"A land full of voices"
Brazil is a land full of voices, with a culture that is constantly reinventing itself.
As Guest of Honour of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013, Brazil will present the wealth, diversity and vibrancy of its cultural creativity. These are all characteristics that are similarly reflected in the country’s literature – a literature which is set to become accessible to more and more readers around the world. On 14 March 2013, in a press conference at the Leipzig Book Fair, the Guest of Honour gave us a first taste of its literature programme, and also revealed the names of the 70 authors who will be visiting Frankfurt in October.
See the press kits on Brazil Guest of Honour
Reading Brazil...
.... and it started at the Leipzig Book Fair in March.
At the Leipzig Book Fair (14 to 17 March 2013) our Guest of Honour, Brazil, was with us at the stand. They brought with them nine Brazilian authors, a book exhibition and a varied stage programme.
Brazil presented a literary foretaste to its Guest of Honour appearance, including readings at the fair and in the city, and was accompanied by a large number of new publications in German.
Brazilian authors in Leipzig
Reading Brazil in Leipzig
Facebook Fan Page of the Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of honour
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Our team:
Frankfurt Book Fair
Karina Goldberg
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goldberg@book-fair.comKarina Goldberg
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Translation support programme
Brazil is very keen to promote wider interest in its writers, worldwide. To this end, it is providing a total of USD 7,615,000 between 2011 and 2020 to help fund international translations of Brazilian works. The “Programme for Supporting the Translation and Publishing of Brazilian Authors Abroad” is administered by the Ministry of Culture of Brazil together with the Brazilian National Library.
Brazil’s translation support programme
New releases
In the year of the Guest of Honour 2013, the reading pubic can look forward to large number of new releases from Brazil.
Established figures as well as younger writers from Brazilian literature are being published for the German market. There are classics such as Machado de Assis and Guimarães Rosa, literary greats including Clarice Lispector and Jorge Amado, and bestsellers like Paulo Coelho; and there are fresh voices such as Luiz Ruffato and Carola Saavedra. Here, updated every month, you will find a list of new releases in German, related to Brazil.
New releases 2013 (as of June 2013)
Video presentation
This film is based on the Brazilian text on the Guest Scroll, which New Zealand handed over to the next Guest of Honour, Brazil, at a ceremony on 14 October 2012. The Guest Scroll is an artwork specially created for the Frankfurt Book Fair, which grows with each passing year. Adorned with literary quotations chosen to represent the literature of the next Guest of Honour of the Book Fair, this is traditionally passed on from one Guest of Honour to the next on the final day of the Fair.
Brazil’s Organising Committee
Brazil at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013
Ministry of Culture / Ministry of External Relations
Project Director:
Renato Lessa
National Library of Brazil
Av. Rio Branco 219
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
CEP 20040-008
Brazil
Phone: +55 21 2220 2057
Contact persons in Brazil:
Ana Julia Cury / Executive Manager
E-mail: ana.cury@bn.br