Arc World Poets: Brazil November 1, 2012

Admission: free

Presented by the University of Salford and Arc Publications.

With the backdrop of The Wondrous Collection of Encapsulated Time, an exhibition by Sue Platt, Antônio Moura will read from Silence River, a collection that is suspended between urban, political and spiritual themes.

He is joined by his translator, Stefan Tobler, to talk about the space between his original Portuguese poems and their English translations.

This is a rare opportunity to hear this highly-regarded Brazilian poet, and promises to be a fascinating event illuminating the process of writing, translating and intercultural dialogues.

Antônio Moura’s first English publication Silence River brings his satirical, political and spiritual voice to English readers. He is considered to be among the most resilient of Brazilian poets writing today. He has published two previous books of original poetry in Brazil. Earlier versions of some translations in Silence River have appeared in Shearsman and Modern Poetry in Translation.

Stefan Tobler is a Brazilian Englishman with a Swiss dad, he was born in the Amazon and translates from Portuguese and German. His translations appearing in 2012 include Água Viva by Clarice Lispector (for Penguin Classics UK and New Directions) and the poetry collection Silence River by Antônio Moura (Arc Publications). He reads French and Spanish too.

More information on www.arcpublications.co.uk

Supported by Arts Council England, Lottery Fund

Official Website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/home-page/events/events/arc-world-poets-brazil