The Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty (International Literary Festival of Paraty- FLIP) is a

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held yearly since 2003 in the Brazilian city of

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, in the state of

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. The festival usually happens in early July; in

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years, FLIP happens in August. Funding is provided by a graduated system of sponsors and is driven by the nonprofit Associação Casa Azul. In addition to lectures, discussions, literary workshops and events for children (''Flipinha'') and young people (''Flipzona'') are also held. The worldwide success since its founding year is mainly due to the involvement of internationally recognized authors from several countries. The festival was devised by English publisher Liz Calder, co-founder of

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, who lived in Brazil and was the literary agent for several Brazilian authors, using as a model the

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in the United Kingdom. FLIP is associated with other similar events, such as the International Festival of Authors in

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, Canada, and Festivaletteratura in

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, Italy, to show intercultural literature. FLIP originated a pocket edition in the United Kingdom, named Flipside, held at Snape Maltings.

Authors honored at FLIP

Each year the festival celebrates an individual writer. *2003 -

Vinicius de Moraes Marcus Vinícius da Cruz e Mello Moraes (19 October 1913 – 9 July 1980), better known as Vinícius de Moraes () and nicknamed "O Poetinha" ("The Little Poet"), was a Brazilian poet, diplomat, lyricist, essayist, musician, singer, and playwrig ...

*2004 - Guimarães Rosa *2005 - Clarice Lispector *2006 -

Jorge Amado Jorge Amado ( 10 August 1912 – 6 August 2001) was a Brazilian writer of the modernist school. He remains the best-known of modern Brazilian writers, with his work having been translated into some 49 languages and popularized in film, includi ...

*2007 - Nelson Rodrigues *2008 -

Machado de Assis Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis (), often known by his surnames as Machado de Assis, ''Machado,'' or ''Bruxo do Cosme Velho''Vainfas, p. 505. (21 June 1839 – 29 September 1908), was a pioneer Brazilian people, Brazilian novelist, poet, playwr ...

*2009 -

Manuel Bandeira Manuel Carneiro de Sousa Bandeira Filho (April 19, 1886 – October 13, 1968) was a Brazilian poet, literary critic, and translator, who wrote over 20 books of poetry and prose. Life and career Bandeira was born in Recife, Pernambuco. In 1904 ...

*2010 -

Gilberto Freyre Gilberto de Mello Freyre (March 15, 1900 – July 18, 1987) was a Brazilian sociologist, anthropologist, historian, writer, painter, journalist and congressman born in Recife. Considered one of the most important sociologists of the 20th cen ...

*2011 -

Oswald de Andrade José Oswald de Souza Andrade (January 11, 1890 – October 22, 1954) was a Brazilian poet, novelist and cultural critic. He was born in, spent most of his life in, and died in São Paulo. Andrade was one of the founders of Brazilian modernism ...

*2012 - Carlos Drummond de Andrade *2013 - Graciliano Ramos *2014 - Millôr Fernandes *2015 - Mário de Andrade *2016 - Ana Cristina Cesar *2017 - Lima Barreto *2018 -

Hilda Hilst Hilda de Almeida Prado Hilst (21 April 1930 – 4 February 2004) was a Brazilian poet, novelist, and playwright. Her work touches on the themes of mysticism, insanity, the body, eroticism, and Sexual revolution, female sexual liberation. Hilst ...

*2019 -

Euclides da Cunha Euclides da Cunha (, January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer. His most important work is '' Os Sertões'' (''Rebellion in the Backlands''), a non-fictional account of the military expeditions ...

*2020 - Nobody honored (Virtual edition because

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). *2021 - Nobody honored. *2022 - Maria Firmina dos Reis *2023 - Pagu

References

External links

Official page (in Portuguese and English)Flipside Festival
{{DEFAULTSORT:Festa Literaria Internacional de Paraty Literary festivals in Brazil 2003 establishments in Brazil Rio de Janeiro (state)