From Portuguese Heritage Publications of California
Expanded English-Portuguese bilingual edition
MY CALIFORNIAN FRIENDS: POETRY
Translated by Katharine F. Baker and Diniz Borges
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Vasco Pereira da Costa – Guest speaker XVIII Colóquio da Lusofonia – 18th Colloquium on the Portuguese Language Ourense, Galicia – SPAINFriday-Sunday, October 5-7, 2012 Associação Internacional dos Colóquios da Lusofonia & Academia Galega da Língua Portuguesa map: Commons Wikimedia |
Read commentary by translators Katharine F. Baker and Diniz Borges:
Women of Azorean descent in Vasco Pereira da Costa’s My Californian Friends: Poetry
Katharine Baker, speaker – 5
th International Colloquium: The Voice and Choice of Portuguese Women in the Diaspora in France and ElsewhereV Colóquio Internacional: A vez e a voz da Mulher Portuguesa em França e Outros Lugares – V Colloque International: Les femmes portugaises dans la diaspora en France et dans le monde
Université Paris Ouest / Nanterre La Défense – Paris, FRANCE – 11-13 May 2011
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20 April 2011: The University of Saint Joseph conferred the degree of Doctor of Letters Honoris Causa to Vasco Pereira da Costa, a distinguished man of letters and culture from the Azores and Portugal... Besides My Californian Friends, his literary output includes three books of short stories, five books of poetry, a novel and a memoir. His short stories won the Miguel Torga and Aquilino Ribeiro literary prizes. [Read entire article]
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Portuguese Heritage Publications presented Vasco Pereira da Costa's My Californian Friends and The Portuguese Presence in California by Dr. Eduardo Mayone Dias (translated by Katharine Baker, Dr. Bobby Chamberlain and Diniz Borges) in late September 2009 in communities throughout California. A reception followed each presentation. See photos of all four events!
BOOK CONTENTS (* including poems not published in the earlier Portuguese edition)
Read an excerpt from each translated poem:
In Gustine, at the Feast of Our Lady of Miracles of Serreta
Matateu
In the Lung Wah restaurant with Manuel Homem
My cousin Manuel
* The man from Pico whom I ran into in Gilroy
The fisherman of San Diego
A bourbon with Tony Goulart
Abel Alves
Diniz, the Portuguese Teacher
Steven Borges in the Portuguese Band
Hélio Beirão
Sonnet to Onésimo (with an asterisk)
A question for Álamo Oliveira
Conversing with João de Melo
Rose was Rosa’s name
Queen Nancy
Artesia’s patron
* Salute to John Steinbeck
* Be sure
* The gods of Yosemite
Native ode
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Matateu
No restaurante Lung Wah, com Manuel Homem
Meu primo Manuel
O homem do Pico, que encontrei em Gilroy *
O pescador de San Diego
Um bourbon com Tony Goulart
Abel Alves
Dinis, the Portuguese Teacher
Steven Borges na Filarmónica Portuguesa
Hélio Beirão
Soneto com asterisco para o Onésimo
Uma pergunta a Álamo Oliveira
À conversa com João de Melo
Rose era o nome de Rosa
Queen Nancy
A padroeira de Artesia
Saudação a John Steinbeck *
Be sure *
Os deuses de Yosemite *
Ode nativa
"The penitent and jubilant labor of the
worlds. Identity like the natural reserve of nobility. Doubts and
uncertainties derived from possessing foreign roots. The constant
reformulation of cultural matrices. The revelation of feelings.
Apprehension from wandering senses. Solitary inquiry into the condition
of the emigrant. The celebration of Friendship. A poetry of brotherly
dedication – inventive, rigorous, subtle and refined."