Paraty 2015 Literary Fair to Honor Mário de Andrade

This year’s edition of the the Paraty Literary Festival, FLIP, in the coastal colonial Rio de Janeiro town of Paraty, will honor the work of Brazilian author Mário de Andrade. Among themes under examination will be poetry, science, family and romantic life, police literature, international politics, travel, music, architecture, cultural policy and Brazilian affairs. The programming will include discussions by 39 authors, 16 of whom are from abroad. The curator for this year’s event is journalist Paulo Werneck.