O LIVRO DA GRATIDÃO
Encontros Folcloristas, Escritores e Professores
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O Livro da Gratidão Encontros Folcloristas, Escritores e Professores is Curran's tribute and thanks to the folklorists, writers and professors who guided him in research, writing and publication in Brazil from 1966 to 2005. Excerpts from past publications in Brazil recall each of some thirty-eight personages from those years. Whenever possible the author's photos or photos from the internet accompany the name and text of each personage. A sampling of individuals is Ariano Suassuna, Jorge Amado, Raquel de Queiróz, Orígenes Lessa and Carlos Cunha among the writers, Luís da Câmara Cascudo, Sebastião Nunes Batista, Vicente Salles and Josph Luyten among the folklorists, and Thiers Martins Moreira, Adriano da Gama Kury and Edilene Matos among other professors. Mark J. Curran is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University where he worked from 1968 to 2011. He has written fifty-three books, eight in academic circles before retirement, forty-five with author's publishing since retirement. Color cover images and summaries of the books appear on his website: www.currancordelconnection.com. His e-mail address is: profmark@asu.edu. The books run the gamut from travel, research and teaching in Spain and Portugal and Latin America in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and especially Brazil. Also there are accounts as cultural speaker on LEX-National Geographic Explorer trips, autobiographic books from the farm and Jesuit education, and the fictionalization of all the above.
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O Livro da Gratidão Encontros Folcloristas, Escritores e Professores is Curran’s tribute and thanks to the folklorists, writers and professors who guided him in research, writing and publication in Brazil from 1966 to 2005. Excerpts from past publications in Brazil recall each of some thirty-eight personages from those years. Whenever possible the author’s photos or photos from the internet accompany the name and text of each personage. A sampling of individuals is Ariano Suassuna, Jorge Amado, Raquel de Queiróz, Orígenes Lessa and Carlos Cunha among the writers, Luís da Câmara Cascudo, Sebastião Nunes Batista, Vicente Salles and Josph Luyten among the folklorists, and Thiers Martins Moreira, Adriano da Gama Kury and Edilene Matos among other professors.
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Mark J. Curran is Professor Emeritus from Arizona State University where he worked from 1968 to 2011. He has written fifty-three books, eight in academic circles before retirement, forty-five with author’s publishing since retirement. Color cover images and summaries of the books appear on his website: www.currancordelconnection.com. His e-mail address is: profmark@ asu.edu. The books run the gamut from travel, research and teaching in Spain and Portugal and Latin America in Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia and especially Brazil. Also there are accounts as cultural speaker on LEX-National Geographic Explorer trips, autobiographic books from the farm and Jesuit education, and the fictionalization of all the above.