Books for all will be the focus of the National Library’s president
The democratization of books and reading, following the example of what he did during his tenure at the Brazilian Academy of Letters (ABL), will be one of the main focuses of the new president of the National Library (BN), professor Marco Lucchesi. Lucchesi's inauguration is scheduled for the next 24th, at the institution's headquarters, in Rio.In an interview with Agência Brasil, Lucchesi said he was thrilled when he received the invitation from the Minister of Culture, Margareth Menezes, on December 30th, to take over BN, when he had been in Italy for a year. “The telephone made me so happy that I interrupted my sabbatical year and rushed back to Brazil, because this love for the National Library is unlimited and inhabits absolute gratuity, the will to serve the library and to resume t...