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Languages of the Heart Noble Writers exhibition Album

PORTUGAL Author(s): Marta Figueiredo School: Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão: Escola Secundária Frei Rosa Viterbo Town, Country: Sátão, Portugal

Almeida Garrett Date of birth: 4th February 1799 Date of death: 9th December 1854 Birthplace: Porto, Portugal Nationality: Portuguese Jobs: Poet; Writer; Playwright; Minister of Foreign Affairs; Chargé d’ Affaires; Consul General  Works:  O Retrato de Vénus (1821)  Frei Luís de Sousa (1844)  Viagens Na Minha Terra (1846)     

A Play: Um Auto de Gil Vicente In this work, a Portuguese writer named Gil Vicente wrote a play to celebrate the wedding of king D. Manuel’s daughter, Beatriz, with the Duke of Savoy, planned by her father.

The problem is that Beatriz loves another man named Bernardim Ribeiro. During the performance of the play, Paula, a friend of Beatriz, makes the two lovers meet a last time.

In the end, not wishing to be separated, Bernardim throws himself into the sea and Beatriz fainted thus representing a symbolic death.

Curiosities: Garrett was responsible for the restoration of the Portuguese theatre and he created the “General Inspection of the Theatres”, the “Conservatory of Dramatic Arts” and the “National Theatre” (Theatre D. Maria II).

Quote by Almeida Garrett: “Imagining is dreaming, sleep and rest throughout life however; feeling is to live actively, exhaust it and consume it.”

POLAND Author(s): Aleksandra Maj, Piotr Rutkowski School: Gimnazjum im ks Wacława Rabczyńskiego Town, Country: Wasilków / Poland

Wisława Szymborska  Date of birth: 2nd July 1923  Date of death: 1st February 2012  Birthplace: Bnin near Poznań, Poland  Nationality: Polish  Jobs: Poet and essayist  Some of her works:  That’s Why We Are Alive ( 1954)  Moment s (2002)  Colon ( 2005)  Here ( 2009)  Enough (2012)  Prize: Literature Nobel (1996)

Curiosities: Szymborska’s poetical output, though modest in quantity – about 350 published poems, from her volume „Calling Out to Yeti” (1957) to the posthumously released „Enough” (2012) – was always highly regarded by critics and readers. She was described as a "Mozart of Poetry" .

Szymborska was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality The poet did not enjoy ostentation or celebrations – being declared the Nobel laureate was considered "the Stockholm tragedy" by her friends, as it forced her to give more interviews in a month than she had faced in her life until the Nobel committee's decision in 1996.

Szymborska was once asked by why she doesn’t like pathos.

Her answer may serve as a general artistic statement: "When I write I always feel as if somebody was standing behind me and making funny faces. That is why I always keep focused and I avoid, as much as I may, big words".

Quotes by Wisława Szymborska : “We live longer but less precisely and with shorter sentences “ “A man who hans’t tasted his own tears is not a real man” “Nothing can ever happen twice.”

“In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.”

CZECH REPUBLIC Author(s): Marie Švehlová School: Strední Odbomá skola Blatná Town, Country: Czech Republic

Jaroslav Seifert  Date of birth: 20th September 1901  Date of death: 10th January 1986  Birthplace: Praga  Nationality: Czech  Jobs: poet; writer; journalist; translator  Works:  Ruka a plamen  Maminka  Kniha o Praze  Morový sloup  Prize: Prize: Nobel Prize for Literature

Curiosities: He received the title of National Artist. Father was an official, later worker. Mother was Catholic.

In 1984, he received the Nobel Prize for Literature, which his daughter took over because he had big health problems. Although it was a very important event, just one poor information about it fell in the media.

Seifert worked as an editor for many newspapers and magazines (Rudé právo, Rovnost, Sršatec, Reflektor). His friends were, for example Josef Hora and Jiří Mahen.

The most famous works are, for example, Město v slzách (Town in Tears, Samá láska (Only Love), Básně (Poems).

CROATIA Author(s): Erin Kos, Ivona Stepic School: Mate Blazina’s High School Town, Country: Labin, Croatia

IVO ANDRIC  Date of birth: 09-10-1892  Date of death: 13-03-1975 (aged 82)  Birthplace: Travnik, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina  Nationality: Croatian  Jobs: poet, novelist, writer and diplomat  Works:  The Bridge on the Drina  The Journey of Alija Đerzelez  The Vizier's Elephant  The Woman from Sarajevo  Prize: Literature Nobel (1961)

NOVEL: THE BRIDGE ON THE DRINA: At the beginning of the book Andrić focuses on a small Serbian boy taken from his mother as part of the levy of Christian subjects of the Sultan. Andrić describes how the mothers of these children follow their sons wailing, until they reach a river where the children are taken across by ferry and the mothers can no longer follow. That child becomes a Muslim and, taking a Turkish name (Mehmed, later Mehmet-paša Sokolović), is promoted quickly and around the age of 60 becomes Grand Vizier. As Grand Vizier for almost fifteen years, he plays a crucial role in the imperial expansion campaigns of three sultans. Yet, that initial moment of separation from his mother still haunts him and he decides to order the building of a bridge at a point on the river where he was parted from her.

QUOTES: “One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.”

“What doesn't hurt - is not life; what doesn't pass - is not happiness.”

“Lands of great discoveries are also lands of great injustices.”

Palestine Author(s): Sana Bassam / Hana Bassam / Sondos Abdullah / Salsabeel Shafie' /Noor El Huda / Aya Jabareen / Rahaf Qatami School: Bent Alazwar School Town, Country: Palestine

Mahmoud Darweish Date of birth: 13rd March 1941 Date of death: 9th August 2008 Birthplace: Al-Birweh, Palestine Nationality: Palestinian Jobs: poet , journalist, director of the Palestinian Research Center  Works:  Why Did You Leave the Horse Alone?  A River Dies of Thirst  In the Presence of Absence     

Mahmoud Darwish is the author the Palestinian Declaration of Independence.

Curiosities: At the early age of seven, Darwish and his family were forced to flee to Lebanon to escape the ongoing massacres by the Israeli Army as it occupied Palestine and, in the process, destroyed the poet’s village (in addition to over 400 other Palestinian villages).

Returning “illegally” to their country the following year, he and his family were subjected to military rule and emergency regulations of the State of Israel established over expropriated Palestinian land.

“The Butterfly's Burden combines the complete text of Darwish's two most recent full-length volumes, linked by the stunning memoir-witness poem “A State of Siege.” Love poems, sonnets, journal-like distillations, and interlaced lyrics balance old literary traditions with new forms, highlighting loving reflections alongside bitter longing.” http://www.amazon.com/Butterflys-Burden-English-Arabic/

QUOTES: “There is no age sufficient for me to pull my end to my beginning.”

Author(s): Ayşegül Turgut School: Şemsi Türkmen Anadolu Lisesi,Turkey Town, Country: Turkey

ORHAN PAMUK Date of birth: 07-06-1952 Birthplace: Istanbul, Turkey Nationality: Turkish Jobs: Novelist and screenwriter Works:  Snow (2002)  The New Life (1995)  The White Castle (1985)  Prize: Literature Nobel (2006)     

Novel: Snow Snow is a novel by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk it was published in Turkish in 2002 it was translated into English by maureen freely . Ka was deportee in germany for twelve years. Ka was back to Turkey. Tha he went kars end saw unemplayed people end same politician ... If you wonder what happened of the end,just read it..

ENGLAND Author(s): Marta Figueiredo; Sara Figueiredo School: Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão: Escola Secundária Frei Rosa Viterbo Town, Country: Sátão, Portugal

William Shakespeare      

Date of birth: 23rd April 1564 Date of death: 23rd April 1616 Birthplace: Stratford, England Nationality: English Jobs: Playwright; Poet; Actor; Works:  Romeo and Juliet  The Merchant of Venice  Hamlet  The Comedy of Errors  The Tempest

A Play: Romeo and juliet This play takes place in Italy (Verona) where there were two rival families, the Montéquio and the Capuleto who had two children, Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet fall in love and as their families are rivals they live a forbiden love and marry in secret.

After Romeo had killed Juliet’s cousin and had thought in various schemes to be together with Juliet one day Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead and drinks a poison to die. However Juliet is alive and when she sees her loved dead she kills herself with Romeo´s dagger.

Curiosities: In 1591, Shakespeare moved to London where he was the owner of the theather company “Lord Chamberlain’s Men” and where he worked as an actor and playwright.

Quote by William Shakespeare: “Show me a man who is not slave of his passions.”

“Accept the advice of others but never give up in your own opinion.”

SPAIN Author(s): Filipa Soares; Pedro Santos; José Eduardo; Alexandre Moreira School: Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão: Escola Secundária Frei Rosa Viterbo Town, Country: Sátão, Portugal

Federico García Lorca  Date of birth: 05-06-1898  Date of death: 19-08-1936  Birthplace: Fuente Vaqueros, Andalusia  Nationality: Spanish  Jobs: Poet, drama playwright and theatre director  Works :  Quimera (1930 - theatre)  Ode a Salvador Dalí (1926 - poetry)  Songs (1927)  Blood Wedding (1933)  Yerma (1934)

Federico Garcia Lorca was a Spanish writer born in Fuente Vaqueros, Andaluzia. He died in 1936 during the Spanish Civil war.

Romancero gritano: In this book, Lorca shows Andalusia's soul. It is formed by several poems, for example “Romance de la luna”.

Curiosities: Federico Lorca was an activist of the Republic and left wing. In 1936 Lorca found himself caught in the middle of the Spanish Civil War. He was shot without trial by supporters of General Francisco Franco on August 19 or 20, 1936, in Granada.

Quotes by Federico Garcia Lorca: “The dream and hope are two tranquilizers that nature provides to humans.” “I always stand beside those who have nothing.”

Collaborators  Marta Figueiredo / Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão: Escola Secundária Frei Rosa Viterbo / Portugal  Aleksandra Maj, Piotr Rutkowski / Gimnazjum im ks Wacława Rabczyńskiego / Poland  Marie Švehlová / Strední Odbomá skola Blatná / Czech Republic  Erin Kos, Ivona Stepic / Mate Blazina’s High School / Croatia  Sana Bassam, Hana Bassam, Sondos Abdullah,Salsabeel Shafie, Noor El Huda, Aya Jabareen, Rahaf Qatami / Bent Alazwar School / Palestine

 Ayşegül Turgut / Şemsi Türkmen Anadolu Lisesi / Turkey  Marta Figueiredo, Sara Figueiredo / Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão: Escola Secundária Frei Rosa Viterbo / Portugal  Filipa Soares, Pedro Santos, José Eduardo, Alexandre Moreira / Agrupamento de Escolas de Sátão: Escola Secundária Frei Rosa Viterbo / Portugal