The Brazilian writer of Lebanese origin, Milton Hatoum, in the official attire of the Brazilian Academy of Letters, which he joined in April 2026. (Photo courtesy of the writer)
Elected a few months earlier to chair No. 6, succeeding journalist Cícero Sandroni, Milton Hatoum is the first writer, columnist, translator and essayist from Amazonas to join, last April, the Brazilian Academy of Letters, an institution founded by Brazilian poet and writer Machado de Assis, one of his country’s greatest authors. War thumbnails A sea view mauled by relentless strikes in Sour: What cease-fire? More than a distinction, this induction marks the arrival of a voice from the margins in one of the most symbolic institutions of Brazilian culture and crowns a literary journey built at a distance from the centers, in a constant back-and-forth between territories, languages and memories.A body of work between the Amazon and Lebanese memoryBorn in 1952 in Manaus, at the heart of that Amazon he has never stopped exploring,...
Elected a few months earlier to chair No. 6, succeeding journalist Cícero Sandroni, Milton Hatoum is the first writer, columnist, translator and essayist from Amazonas to join, last April, the Brazilian Academy of Letters, an institution founded by Brazilian poet and writer Machado de Assis, one of his country’s greatest authors. War thumbnails A sea view mauled by relentless strikes in Sour: What cease-fire? More than a distinction, this induction marks the arrival of a voice from the margins in one of the most symbolic institutions of Brazilian culture and crowns a literary journey built at a distance from the centers, in a constant back-and-forth between territories, languages and memories.A body of work between the Amazon and Lebanese memoryBorn in 1952 in Manaus, at the heart of that Amazon he has never stopped exploring,...
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