Last year Disquiet for me was life changing. This year, 2012, Disquiet was life affirming. Lara Gularte, 2011, 2012, 2013 participant
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Miradouro de Santa Catarina
Miradouro de Santa Catarina is a wonderful place to enjoy a view of the city from a garden where the youth hang around the statue of Adamastor, the mythical sea monster from the national epic poem “Os Lusíadas” (The Lusiads) by Luís Vaz de Camões, Portugal’s Shakespeare. There’s a great café called Noobai where you can have a galão (a popular Portuguese coffee made with espresso and foamed milk and served in a tall glass) and take in the view
Tattoos Inspired by the Program
Did you know: the Japanese word, “arigato” derives from the Portugese word “obrigado”?
It’s true! Find out more quirky facts about Portugal from this video.
Congratulations to International Literary Award and Luso-American Scholarship winners!
We’re pleased to announce that Catriona Wright of Toronto, Ontario is the winner of the third annual Dzanc Books / Guernica International Literary Award for her short story “Veils”! It was a hard call this year, with even more entries than last year of an extremely high caliber.
In addition, four North American writers of Luso descent were awarded full scholarships to attend DISQUIET 2013 through a partnership with the Luso-American Development Foundation, with partial scholarships awarded to finalists and semi-finalists. The 2013 scholarship winners are:
- Chris Arnold (fiction)
- Marie Carvalho (poetry)
- Anne-Marie Ross (nonfiction)
- Amy Souza (fiction)
Congratulations to all winners and finalists!