"Have you read Slesinger? If not you should. Her work, in English of course, probably has been translated into Portuguese" - I have not, but I can perfectly read in English. For many reasons, it's usually easier, less expensive (way less) and If possible I always prefer to read in the original language , so many things are just simply lost in translation.
"... Rosa Luxemburg, of whom I was writing, coincidentally, when I first began reading these excerpts." where is this article? I would love to give it a look!
"When I was a boy, speaking of directors, I met a girl at a party (lucky me in so many ways) whose father was a fairly famous film director and who happened to make me famous for 15 minutes." was she Adelaide or Isabel? I'm curious now .
Manoel de Oliveira died at the age of 106 years, and he thought he would keep on directing films. However his style is really unique. I have got to be honest with you. I love reading in Portuguese, and I even like some Portuguese series, but watching in Portuguese it's very strange to me. Laugh all you want, but in Portugal since the majority of films are foreigner and subtitled we all grow up here listening in other languages but our own, so when I hear something in Portuguese that's a work of fiction, it sounds too real and it's like the fantasy is gone.
Works great for certain fiction films though.
If you're into that these are some that I recommend REALLY:
1- Capitães de Abril, by Maria de Medeiros ( She is , for me, a national treasure. She enters in Pulp Fiction and she is Bruce Willis's girlfriend there ( I hate to present this way, but well, it bridges her to your country).
The film tells the story of the 25th April 1974, the most important day ever in our democracy. Check it if you don't know what it is, or watch the film ( if you can find it)
2- Listen : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR7jyodiFQM
3- Florbela, about a 20th century female poet who happens to be the only one I love:
