Bilingual Poetry Reading by Salgado Maranhão and Alexis Levitin

[Christine Landry]

Afro-Brazilian poet, Salgado Maranhão, and Alexis Levitin, Emeritus
Professor of the English Department, will be presenting a bilingual poetry
reading at *7:00 Monday, May 1st *in Krinovitz Hall. This is a free event
sponsored by the Plattsburgh College Foundation; the President's Office;
and the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.

Salgado Maranhão is one of the most distinguished poets of his country and
a prominent representation of the Afro-Brazilian experience. He won
the prestigious
Prêmio Jabuti in 1999 with his fourth poetry collection, *Mural of Winds. *In
2011,* The Color of the Word* won the Brazilian Academy of Letters highest
poetry award. In 2014, the Brazilian PEN Club chose his collection *Mapping
the Tribe* as best book of poetry for the year. In 2015 the Brazilian
Writers Union gave him first prize, again for *The Color of the Word*. In
2016, he was awarded the Jabuti Prize once again for his book *Opera of
Nos. *He is the author of 17 books of poetry, and he and his translator,
Alexis Levitin, have presented his work bilingually at over one hundred
colleges and universities throughout the USA, including Harvard, Yale,
Brown, Princeton, Dartmouth, Cornell, Northwestern, and the University of
Chicago.
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*Christine Landry*
Administrative Assistant
Honors Program, Hawkins 123
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
phone: 518.564.3075
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