There are authors who follow you all your life. There are stories that get stuck in your brain. There are some people who remain with you through all your life. Sophia Mello Breyner Andersen is one of those people. Writer, poet with a political conscience. Among other awards she was the first woman to win Camões Award, the most prestigious Portuguese award for literature. One year before her death she won the prestigious Queen Sophia Award for ibero-american poetry. Today (July 2nd 2014) it's the 10th anniversary of her death. And it also marks the repatriation of her remains to the National Pantheon. The same place where it lays the remains of Presidents, historical and cultural figures. So today, we celebrated not her death but her extraordinary life. And oh, extraordinary it was.
This is not I had in mind for today's post! But I couldn't resist! After all Shakira's latest videoclip was completely shoot in LISBON! The video was shot in the heart of the town: Eduardo VII Park - in which Shakira appears dancing near a red flag (in reality it's Portugal's flag and not a red one). The video also features one of the most emblematic constructions, the famous Portugal's flap from the Expo '98, designed by the great architect Siza Vieira.
Eduardo VII Park is one of my favorite places. Special in the Summer. Book fair!
Have you ever been in Lisbon? If so, did you like it?
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