The XX edition of the Rio de Janeiro Book Biennale opened on Friday 1 September with a varied program for all target groups. Considered the most important literary festival of the emblematic Brazilian city, the event celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.
To underline the specialness of this anniversary, the gathering will last until next Sunday, September 10 at the Riocentro Convention Center, and will feature more than 350 writers, including a group of American authors who have made a special impact on the public. youth.
American Julia Quinn, whose novels inspired the famous series The Bridgertons, (Netflix) is one of the most anticipated by its fans. “I love it,” he said EFE Daniella Borsario, a 22-year-old biomedical student, is a regular reader of the American author’s novels and hopes to get an autograph from the author.
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Iranian Judith Rumelt, American citizen and better known by her pseudonym Cassandra Clare, with whom she signed the book series The Shadowhunter Chroniclesis also part of the series of authors who will be present at the Rio Literary Festival.
So is the American Jenna Evans Welch, author of the book love and ice creama work adapted by Netflix for a film by his compatriot Blake Crouch, author of the Wayward Pines trilogy, also appeared on the screens.
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Brazilian voices
The Brazilian representation will already be much higher and will have the participation of figures such as Conceicao Evaristo, Raphael Montes, Carla Madeira and Jeferson Tenório.
Itamar Vieira Junior, author of Torto squad (Tortuoso Arado), a sales phenomenon in Brazil that can already be found in Italy, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Germany and the United States.
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The expectation of the organizers for this year is to receive a record audience estimated at 600,000 people, a number that may be even larger if the influx of visitors is as high as the first day.
Paula Fernandes Drumont, one of the event’s editors, hopes this will be one of the most visited biennales. “There was a biennale in 2021, but the pandemic had just ended, so expectations for this year are high. The prices are very good and we expect a lot of peoplesaid to EFE.
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