Bibliotopia 2022 | Interview with Gonçalo M. Tavares (in Portuguese)

Plague Diary: An account of our vulnerability
Moderation: Jérôme David

Gonçalo M. Tavares, a prize-winning Portuguese writer and professor of epistemology, awarded the Saramago Prize, is seen as one of the main voices of lusophone literature. His many works including novels, poetry, plays, and essays have been translated into over fifty languages. Plague Diary (2022, translated by Daniel Hahn) artfully records the experience of the early period of the Covid pandemic with illuminating, insightful and poignant reflections and observations.