Gonçalo M. Tavares's "Plague Diary"
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During this Covid-19 lockdown, the Portuguese novelist Gonçalo M. Tavares has been writing a daily "plague diary", which I have been translating into English as he goes.
These translations are being published online at a number of different venues. If you would like to read through the dated entries in sequence, which I'd recommend, you'll find a full directory below to guide to you to each one. (Please note that reading in sequence will require some jumping around, since many publications are presenting several non-consecutive entries on a single page.) This page will be updated regularly as more pieces appear online. You will also find my own short introduction to the project on Asymptote. MARCH 23rd - Words without Borders 24th - Granta 25th - Bookanista 26th - Granta 27th - PEN Transmissions 28th - Granta 29th - Bookanista 30th - Granta 31st - Bookanista APRIL 1st - PEN Transmissions 2nd - Bookanista 3rd - PEN Transmissions 4th - Bookanista 5th - Scroll 6th - Asymptote 7th - Granta 8th - Asymptote 9th - Onomatomania 10th - Asymptote 11th - Politics/Letters 12th - Scroll 13th - Granta 14th - The Massachusetts Review 15th - The Massachusetts Review 16th - The Massachusetts Review 17th - [tbc] 18th - [tbc] 19th - Scroll 20th - Granta 21st - The White Review 22nd - [tbc] 23rd - [tbc] 24th - [tbc] 25th - [tbc] 26th - [tbc] 27th - [tbc] 28th - Granta 29th - [tbc] 30th - [tbc] MAY 1st - Asymptote 2nd - Asymptote 3rd - [tbc] 4th - [tbc] 5th - The TLS 6th - [tbc] 7th - The White Review 8th - Asymptote 9th - Asymptote 10th - [tbc] 11th - The TLS 12th - The White Review 13th - The TLS 14th - The White Review 15th - [tbc] 16th - [tbc] 17th - The TLS 18th - The TLS 19th - Trafika Europe 20th - Trafika Europe 21st - Trafika Europe 22nd - Trafika Europe 23rd - [tbc] 24th - [tbc] 25th - [tbc] 26th - [tbc] 27th - Asymptote 28th - Asymptote 29th - [tbc] 30th - [tbc] If you represent a publication that might be interested in running future pieces from this series, please contact Gonçalo's agent, Nicole Witt, at the Mertin Witt agency.
You can find the original daily publications at Portugal's Expresso (in Portuguese); as well as other complete translation series at Argentina's Infobae (in Spanish, tr. Paula Abramo) and Greece's Efsyn (in Greek, tr. Athena Psilia). You can watch a reading of the first entry below: |
Photo: Joana Caiano
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