Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty
The Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty (International Literary Festival of Paraty- FLIP) is a literary festival held yearly since 2003 in the Brazilian city of Paraty, in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The festival usually happens in early July; in World Cup years, FLIP happens in August. Funding is provided by a graduated system of sponsors and is driven by the nonprofit Associação Casa Azul. In addition to lectures, discussions, literary workshops and events for children (Flipinha) and young people (Flipzona) are also held. The worldwide success since its founding year is mainly due to the involvement of internationally recognized authors from several countries. The festival was devised by English publisher Liz Calder, co-founder of Bloomsbury Publishing, who lived in Brazil and was the literary agent for several Brazilian authors, using as a model the Hay Festival in the United Kingdom. FLIP is associated with other similar events, such as the International Festival of Authors in Toronto, Canada, and Festivaletteratura in Mantua, Italy, to show intercultural literature. FLIP originated a pocket edition in the United Kingdom, named Flipside, held at Snape Maltings. Each year the festival celebrates an individual writer. 2003 - Vinicius de Moraes 2004 - Guimarães Rosa 2005 - Clarice Lispector 2006 - Jorge Amado 2007 - Nelson Rodrigues 2008 - Machado de Assis 2009 - Manuel Bandeira 2010 - Gilberto Freyre 2011 - Oswald de Andrade 2012 - Carlos Drummond de Andrade 2013 - Graciliano Ramos 2014 - Millôr Fernandes 2015 - Mário de Andrade 2016 - Ana Cristina Cesar 2017 - Lima Barreto 2018 - Hilda Hilst 2019 - Euclides da Cunha 2020 - Nobody honored (Virtual edition because COVID-19 pandemic). 2021 - Nobody honored. 2022 - Maria Firmina dos Reis 2023 - Pagu Official page (in Portuguese and English) Flipside Festival