Department of Letters celebrates Poetry Day

   In the traditional celebration of National Poetry Day, on March 14, the project Conversation with prose presents the theme Poetry, laughter and rebellion. The event, coordinated by professors Cellina Muniz and Tânia Lima, from the Department of Letters (LET), at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), will take place at 10 am, in the auditorium of Instituto Ágora (next to Sector II), and is aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate students, civil servants, teachers and poetry enthusiasts in general.
   This year, a relaxed and engaged chat will take place with two names from Natal's counterculture from different generations: Antonio Ronaldo and Victor H Azevedo. The conversation will be mediated by another emblematic name in alternative poetry: Plínio Sanderson. In addition to the conversation, the event will feature raffles for zines and books. To register for the event, access this link.
   About the guests
   Antônio Ronaldo is a composer and poet, he has been active in the cultural scene of Natal since the 1970s. He actively participated in the Mimeografia Poetry movement (also called Marginal Poetry), the Creativity Laboratory at UFRN, the New University Theater (Tonus) at UFRN, the Potiguar Popular Music Work (TRAMPPO), in the 1990s, national music and literature festivals and the Núbia Lafayete Prize, from the José Foundation Augusto (FJA). He published two books of poetry between 2000 and 2003: Badulaques, Bombons/Stars Afins/Certas Canções Insertas (2000), Jeans Avariado (2003). In 2009, he released the CD Sátiro, with songs written by himself and with poet and musician partners. In 2011, he won 1st place at MPBeco, with the song Tango do Hospício Encantado, in partnership with maestro Franklyn Nogvaes. In 2018, he released the book Ao Judas Atraente. It has songs recorded by Cida Lobo, Geraldo Carvalho, Lene Macedo, Donizete Lima, Clara Menezes and several other renowned performers of popular music from Rio Grande do Norte.
   Victor H. Azevedo is a poet, illustrator, translator and editor of Munganga Edições, a micropublishing house specialized in publishing international prose writers and poets unknown to the general public. Born in Natal, in 1995. As a poet, he published Cachorro Morto (2018), 19xx (2017), Pão two hours on the super nintendo that I want to forget about my life (2016) and I just don't know what to do with myself (2016). There are several books planned and/or planned for publication, among them are Mãos de Pardal, Who rode the bus doesn't know what a desert is and In the Way of Sunflowers. He translated poems by different authors, such as Omar Cáceres, Marsden Hartley, Yone Noguchi, Agustín Espinosa, Jack Spicer, among others.