Writers celebrate creation of Fernando Sabino National Year
Brazil’s National Congress has passed a decree, signed into law by President Lula, establishing the Fernando Sabino National Year, aimed at commemorating the centenary of the birth of the writer, who would have turned 100 on October 12 last year.The year also marks the 20th anniversary of the death of the writer, who was born in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais state. He died from liver cancer on October 11, 2004, one day before his 81st birthday.Sabino was the author of 47 books of short stories, novels, and crônicas—short writings about daily events with an informal, witty tone. His correspondence—such as the letters exchanged over 50 years with his friends Paulo Mendes Campos, Otto Lara Resende, and Hélio Pellegrino—has also been published.Sabino’s main work is O Encontro Marcado, som...