Littérature : Centenaire de deux géants des lettres portugaises : José Saramago & Agustina Bessa-Luís

 

La Sibylle d’Agustin Bessa-Luis et Menus souvenirs de José Saramago - BnF

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Par une heureuse coïncidence, l’année 2022 est le centenaire de naissance de deux des écrivains. Le Centenaire José Saramago vient de finir le 16 novembre 2022, et le Centenaire Agustina Bessa-Luís démarrer le 15 octobre 2022.

Centenaire Agustina Bessa-Luís [1922-2022]

https://agustina.pt/sobre-as-comemoracoes/

Si José Saramago est mondialement connu depuis son obtention du prix Nobel de littérature en 1998, Agustina Bessa-Luis, lauréate du prestigieux prix lusophone Camões 2004, reste peu traduite en français, et dès lors, peu connue des lecteurs français.

 

Agustina Bessa-Luís & ses livres

Librarie Lello, Porto

Chez Lello, l'une des 10 plus belles libraries du monde, visitée par centaines de touristes de tout le monde, on a célébré le démarrage du Centenaire Agustina

Le Principe de l'Incertitude

Agustina Bessa-Luís

https://www.amazon.fr/

Le Principe de l'Incertitude, traduit do roman O Princípio da Incerteza est l'un des romans de Agustina Bessa-Luís qu'on peut lire en français

 

O Princípio da Incerteza

Jóia de Família

Agustina Bessa-Luís

Guimarães Editores

Et l'un des plsieurs romans de l'auteure adapté au cnéma par le grand cinéaste portugais Manoel de Oliveira, et l'un des cinéastes européens plus célébré.

Certains de ses romans ont été adaptés par Manoel de Oliveira, autre figure lusitanienne d’envergure : Le principe d’incertitude, et Vale Abrãao (ce dernier titre inspiré de l’histoire de Madame Bovary (1857) de Gustave Flaubert). 

Ensaio sobre a Cegueira

José Saramago

Édition commémorative du Centenaire

https://www.josesaramago.org/

L'Aveuglement

José Saramago

éditions du Seuil

https://www.amazon.ca/-/fr/

Par contre, José Saramago, Prix Nobel de la Littérature 1998 a la quasi-totalité de son oeuvre traduite en français et bien connue du lectorat francophpne.

Il a accédé à la notoriété avec Le Dieu manchot et, surtout, L'Année de la mort de Ricardo Reis. Dans ce roman, Saramago fait revivre la figure mythique de .Fernando Pessoa Les critiques louent son savoir-faire, son art de conter, sa fantaisie.

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De son côté, Saramago a son œuvre L’aveuglement adaptée par le brésilien Fernando Meirelles.

Centenaire Agustina 100

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Agustina Bessa-Luis est originaire du nord du pays, dans une ville près de Porto, Amarante, tandis que Saramago vient de Santarém, dans le sud du Portugal. 

A Sibila

Agustina Bessa-Luís
Guimarães Editores

https://aeaveiro.pt/biblioteca/index.php?page=3&id=304

La Sybille

Agustina Bessa-Luís

éditions Gallimard

https://www.amazon.fr/sibylle-Agustina-Bessa-Lu%C3%ADs/dp/2070253929

Agustina connait son premier grand succès d’écriture à 32 ans, avec La Sibylle. Dès lors, elle ne cessera d’écrire des romans fouillant les logiques sentimentales et sociales des siècles passés et souvent le rôle des femmes du nord. 

Centenário José Saramago 2022

https://www.josesaramago.org/

José Saramago, lui, ne connaîtra que sur le tard le succès avec ses œuvres de fiction, dans lesquelles il revisite l’histoire portugaise, ainsi du XVIIIe siècle dans Le Dieu Manchot, mais aussi l’histoire religieuse de façon résolument irrévérencieuse, par exemple dans L’évangile selon Jésus-Christ.

Le Dieu Manchot

traduction du livre Memorial do Convento

José Saramago

https://www.amazon.fr/Dieu-manchot-Jose-Saramago/dp/2757808311

José Saramago, qui avait beaucoup d’estime pour Agustina Bessa Luis, lui a rendu hommage en 2009 à la maison Fernando Pessoa à Lisbonne. 

José Saramago & Agustina Bessa-Luís, 1988

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Pilar del Rio, veuve de José Saramago, a rappelé après la mort des deux écrivains, que pour son mari, s’il y avait au Portugal un écrivain qui tendait au génie, il se trouvait en la personne d’Agustina Bessa-Luis.

Éducation:

Deux des plus grands écrivains de la littérature portugaise qu'il faut bien lire et travailler en cours de littérature européenne, par exemple.

Invitez vos éléves à visiter le site officiel du Centenaire Agustina Bessa-Luís (en Portugais) et recueillir des informations sur la biographie, et bibliographie, ansi que des activités sur l'écrivaine portugaise, une des plus importantes de la littérature portugaise et connue dans plusieurs pays. Agustina Bessa-Luís n'a pas eu le Noble de la Littérature comme José Saramago. Mais elle le méritait aussi bien.

 

Lire un/deux livres selon le niveau d'apprentissage de vos élèves. Essayez de trouver des traductions en français ou alors lire en langue portugaise à l'aide du/de la professeur.e de langue et littérature.

 

Le Centenaire José Saramago est fini le 16 novembre 2022, mais le site fonctionne toujours. Donc invitez les étudiants à lire et étudier des livres du Nobel portugais et à faire des activités selon le niveau d'apprentissage ou selon différentes disciplines.

Pour le lycée, ajoutez des activités plus avancées: lire un livre ou deux de chaque écrivain, voir des films d'après quelques livres de Saramago ou Bessa-Luís.

Faire une analyse comparative de deux écrivains dont le centenaire est célébré. Et  finir par un commentaire écrit, une présentation YouTube.

 G-Souto

27.12.2022

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Schools : It's Pink October ! Always ! Resources

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It's the last week! Time to talk about Pink October in school education. Always!

Education helps students and teachers to aware about Breast Cancer and other cancer diseases to be informed and take care of family, but also of their own lives.

Let us all, teachers and students, take part in October’s Breast Cancer Awareness campaign to increase awareness about the disease. 

💗Theme 2022:

 “Be the heroine of your life”.

On this occasion, Pink Ribbon Foundation inaugurated its awareness campaign organized all throughout October, with the theme of “heroines”, accompanied by its powerful message: “Be the heroine of your life”.

National Breast Cancer Foundation

• Education:

Every year an new opportunity to draw attention from our students. Girls and boys are growing up faster and need to be aware that it is out there and early detection is the best cure and hope of getting through this awful thing.

😪Let me remind you, the leading cause of death for children under the age of 15:

"In developing countries, over 100,000 children die each year due to poor diagnoses and lack of access to basic treatment options. If given the generic drugs and simple medical procedures so desperately needed it is estimated that more than half of them could be saved. Instead, survival rates stand at 20 percent."

Most cancer awareness programs traditionally target adults and populations considered to be at risk for developing cancer. Consequently, little attention has been given to educating younger populations about cancer. To address this gap in childhood education.

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Unfortunaly, as educators, we all have known in school some children and young people who have or had cancer or often coexist with cancer because they have brothers or sisters, sometimes mothers or grandmothers suffering with this disease.

University of Southern California’s (USC) 

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“I'm dream of the day when every child can be promised a cure."

Jessica

Schools must holding special programs to tell students about how survival rates increases through an early detection.

I think it would be very important to include cancer awareness into every school curriculum, not only in sciences curriculum.

I know several schools that involve young students to raise awareness about this disease. I did every year.

“Education helps students and teachers not only protect their families, but also their own lives” 

Resources:  

• A film about children cancer

The Healer

Paco Arango, 2017

https://www.imdb.com/

From different books and films that I've already suggest in different publications. Here another film about cancer at young age. The Healer by Paco Arango, 2017. 

Pink October is about breast cancer. I know! It's the main theme. But why not to talk about cancer in general and children cancer awareness?! I know there is the Child Cancer Awareness Month in September. But the theme is not include into school curricula. 

The Healer

Paco Arango, 2017

https://www.imdb.com/

• The Healer

A young man suddenly discovers he has the gift of healing. Trying to understand it and the new reality it offers, a teenage girl with terminal cancer unexpectedly shows him the way.

It's funny and inspiring movie at the same time. Truly loved it! May teachers include it and explore it into their lessons. You have the time. And students will understand the feeling of a young lady who have cancer.

This movie is actually very personal and bittersweet for me. The character of Abigail was based on a dear friend of mine, a student, who died of cancer. So for me it’s somewhat surreal that I see someone portraying a character based on her, and yet many of the people who watch the movie were not as blessed as I was to have the feeling of being her teacher and friend for several years until she was taken from us so young by complications from cancer at a tender age.

The Healer

Paco Arango, 2017

https://www.imdb.com/

Some notes:

Teachers can teach students that many diseases, including some types of cancer, can be prevented through healthy lifestyle habits, such as eating well and maintaining a moderate level of regular physical activity. 

That can be presented through a series of games and activities that advocated eating well as part of a balanced lifestyle.

 “Prevention is better than a cure.” 

Louis Pasteur

 

G-Souto

24.10.2022

update 21.10.2025

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Home for Christmas : A bit different. But love will be there ! Kids need the magic !

Christmas

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The world has never seen a Christmas like this. With COVID-19 infections rampant everywhere, far fewer families traveling, millions of us will look to our own households, backyards, neighborhoods and parks to connect, renew, mourn and be grateful.

Maybe this is the year you play a game over or watch a movie on television instead of tearing into gifts under the tree.

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Or you can running on the a park, or stay at home preparing Christmas meal to you and your kids (no guests), provided you stay with their household members, wear masks and socially distance from others.

Grandparents not living with you, kids must be in touch with them by smartphones, video-calling, or Skype. They need you. They feel alone, and sad because they can't be sit at the family table to share the Christmas dinner, hug their grandchildren, sons, the all family.

Here a lovely short about grandparents and grandchildren: From our family to yours:

Touching, isn't it. There are traditions that turn into unforgettable memories. Grandchildren must not forget to cheer their dear grandparents.  

• Christmas films:

The Christmas Chronicles

Clay Kaytis, 2018

https://www.imdb.com/

The Christmas Chronicles 2018 directed by Clay Kaytis. Kaytis' first live-action film released on theaters (2018) and on Netflix 

The story of sister and brother, Kate and Teddy Pierce, whose Christmas Eve plan to catch Santa Claus on camera turns into an unexpected journey that most kids could only dream about.

Christmas Chronicles 2020 (part 2)

Kate Pierce, now a cynical teen, is unexpectedly reunited with Santa Claus when a mysterious troublemaker threatens to cancel Christmas - forever.

The Christmas Chronicles 2 is an action-packed adventure for the whole family that’s full of heart, humor, and holiday spirit.

• Short stories: Cuentos Navidad Spanish

• Christmas children's books: English

5 more sleeps 'til Christmas

Jimmy Fallon, 2020

illustrations: Rich Deas 

https://www.amazon.com/

Just 5 more sleeps 'til Christmas!
Can you believe it's here?
I know that Santa's coming soon
'cause I've been good all year.

Everyone who grew up celebrating Christmas remembers the excitement that built up to the most magical day of the year. But why not make the last week until Christmas more fun by counting how many sleeps until the arrival of Santa and his reindeer?

Accompanied by the beautiful and energetic artwork of Rich Deas, enjoy the humor of Jimmy Fallon as he prepares readers for the most exciting week of the year in this new holiday tradition for your family.

Ages 3-6 

Christmas at Hogwarts

Jody Revenson, 2020

https://www.amazon.com/

Learn all about the most magical time of the year at Hogwarts Schools of Witchcraft and Wizardry—Christmas!

Livres: French

L'aéropostal

Le courrier doit passer

Textes d’Ève Pourcel

ill. Jeanne Detallante, Lucie Durbiano, Donatien Mary et Frédéric Rébéna

Album, Bayard Jeunesse

Casablanca, Dakar, Buenos Aires, Santiago… Autant d’escales conquises au péril de vies humaines. Autant d’étapes dans l’histoire mythique de l’Aéropostale, née à Toulouse au sortir de la Grande Guerre, avec un mot d’ordre, bientôt partagé par Mermoz et Saint-Exupéry : « Le courrier doit passer ! 

Age: À partir de 8 ans

 

La lettre de mon grand-père

Michael Morpugo

illustration: Jim Field

https://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/

 

"Ma chère petite Mia,
Je t'écris cette lettre pour te parler de notre belle planète.
Sais-tu à quel point il est important d'en prendre soin?"

Dans une lettre qu'il offre un Noël à Mia, sa petite-fille, ce grand-père l'invite à s'émerveiller devant la beauté et la diversité de la nature. Devenue grande, c'est au tour de Mia de lire cette lettre à ses enfants.

 

La lettre de mon grand-père

Michael Morpugo

illustration: Jim Field

https://www.gallimard-jeunesse.fr/

Comme chaque année à Noël, il y a la bûche, les chants, les cadeaux et la lettre de grand-père.

«Toute la famille en connaît des passages par cœur.» Car cette histoire parle d’une vie: celle du monde entier.

Le vieux monsieur se souvient de ses jours heureux passés dans son jardin, à contempler un ver de terre, une grive ou un merle. À travers ses mots, c’est le bonheur d’une existence au milieu de la nature qui se dessine. Une ode à la nature

Âge: 4 à 9 ans

"L’écriture est à l’image des merles qui volent, des graines qui poussent dans le potager: fragile, douce, enlevée. On pourrait croire que l’ouvrage donne une leçon de morale, mais ce serait méconnaître la plume de Michael Morpurgo."

L’auteur est un conteur. Son livre est un message d’espoir, une invitation à grandir en harmonie et respectueusement au milieu de la faune et de la flore.

Livros : Português/ Portuguese

As Visitas do Pai Natal

José Vale Moutinho

ilustrações: Abigail Ascenso

https://www.fnac.pt/

 Pai Natal está muito baralhado e precisa de ajuda. O que terá acontecido?

Já nada é como antigamente, e o Pai Natal está mesmo confuso com os pedidos que recebeu da criançada. Como é que ele vai conseguir entregar os presentes, se nem sequer sabe o que é uma BTT ou uma Playstation?

Por sorte, os primos Álvaro e Francisco estão dispostos a dar-lhe uma ajuda preciosa. Ao mesmo tempo, por entre histórias curiosas e divertidas, os meninos aprendem a origem de algumas das tradições de Natal, como a do cartão de boas-festas ou a da fava do bolo-rei. 

Uma história divertida que vai fazer sonhar os mais pequenos. Junta-te ao Pai Natal, ao Álvaro e ao Francisco nesta grande aventura pela magia do Natal!

A Menina com os Olhos Ocupados

André Carrilho, 2020

https://www.fnac.pt/

André Carrilho estreia-se como autor de um livro para a infância, A Menina com os Olhos Ocupados, em que convida os mais miúdos a desligarem os ecrãs para "ver mais longe, pra todos os lados". 

Com sentido de humor, rimas divertidas e ilustrações vibrantes, o autor consegue desmistificar o cerne de muitas discussões familiares.

O Avô tem uma Borracha na Cabeça

Rui Zink

illustrações: Paula Delecave

https://www.fnac.pt/

O que fazer quando alguém de quem gostamos nos começa a esquecer? É a questão colocada por Rui Zink nesta história ilustrada por Paula Delecave, sobre a amizade entre um avô, que lentamente vai perdendo as memórias, e o neto inventor, que se dedica a descobrir uma cura para a doença com um nome estrambólico. 

Inspirado num caso real, o autor ensina o que é o Alzheimer e sugere, com bom humor e esperança, como lidar com ele.

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Have yourself a Very Merry Christmas Season, safe and brightly colored with love, health, peace.

A special hug to all of you who sufferered the lost of a dear member of family or friend.

Be safe! Kids need you!

G-Souto

22.12.2020

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