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Writer
Felipe Cattapan was born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) and lives with his family in Horgen (Zurich).
He is a choral and orchestral conductor and also works as a lecturer at the University of the Arts Bern and as a guest lecturer at other institutions. He is the director of various interdisciplinary projects, especially at the interface between literature and music. In 2017, he won the Personality of the Year 2017: Culture Award (Braslider Org., São Paulo, Brazil) as a conductor and writer.
Since 2010, Felipe Cattapan is also working professionally with literature. He writes poems, short stories and theater plays in Portuguese (Brazilian), developing, with great enthusiasm, intensity and originality his own style. He won numerous prizes in Brazil and Portugal (also first prizes). He has many texts in literary journals and anthologies from Brazil and Portugal and regularly participates in literary and cultural events (for example: 1st. Intercultural Meeting, City Library Biel, 2016; Salon International du Livre et de la Presse de Genève, 2017, 2018 and 2019; 3rd. Poetry Festival of Lisbon, 2018; FLIP Brazil, 2019; 4th. Poetry Festival of Lisbon, 2019 etc.). He also teaches the Portuguese (Brazilian) language, gives lectures on literature and music and was a juror at the 2nd. Poetry Festival of Lisbon (2017).
His book «Densidades Cíclicas» (poems and short stories in Portuguese; cover by Beat Zoderer; recommended by Adriana Lisboa, Stefan Kunzmann and Teresa Ribeiro; foreword by Ricardo Prado) was published in Brazil in October 2016, and, later, in Switzerland; the 3rd. edition was published in 2018. In 2017 it was the best-selling book by Helvetia publisher house! Felipe Cattapan would also be possibly interested in a translation.
He is currently writing a book (in German) about Péter Eötvös as conductor and teacher.
More information: http://www.cattapan.ch/es/escritor/
Launches of the book «Densidades Cíclicas»:
In Brazil:
Espaço Cultural SINMED- RJ
Av Churchill, nº 97, 11º andar
Rio de Janeiro
Date: 20th. of October 2016
Hourtime: 7 P.M.
In Zürich:
Feira da Educação
Casa d'Italia
Erismannstrasse 6
CH-8004 Zürich
Date: 23rd. of October 2016
Hourtime: 12 noon till 6 P.M.
Universität Zürich
Schönberggasse 11
CH-8001 Zürich
Gebäude: SOE, Geschoss: E, Raum: 07
Date: 8th. of December 2016
Hourtime: 6:30 P.M.
In Geneva (2. edition):
Salon International du Livre et de la Presse de Genève
A-175
Date: 30th. of April 2017
Hourtime: 1:30 P.M. till 3:30 P.M.
In Le Lignon (2. edition):
Place du Lignon 16
1219 Le Lignon, Switzerland
Date: 18th. of June 2017
Hourtime: 1:30 P.M. till 4 P.M.
In Lisbon (2. edition):
"II Festival de Poesia de Lisboa"
Centro Cultural de Belém - Lisbon, Portugal
Author lecture: 9th. of September 2017, 3 P.M.
In Geneva (2. edition):
"Salon des Petits Éditeurs"
Grand-Saconnex; Ferme Sarasin
Chemin Edouard-Sarasin 47
Date: 4th. of November 2017
Autograph session: 3 P.M. till 4:30 P.M.
In Geneva (3rd. edition):
Salon International du Livre et de la Presse de Genève
Palexpo
Route François-Peyrot 30
CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex
Date: 29th. of April 2018
Hourtime: 3 P.M. till 5 P.M.
In Winterthur (3rd. edition):
Stadtbibliothek am Kirchplatz
Obere Kirchgasse 6
CH-8401 Winterthur
Date: 16th. of May 2018
Hourtime: 7 P.M.
In Zürich (3rd. edition):
CEBRAC
Quellenstrasse 25
CH-8005 Zürich
Date: 25th. of August 2018
Hourtime: 4 P.M. till 7 P.M.
In Lisbon (3rd. edition):
"III Festival de Poesia de Lisboa"
Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, IP
Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 113
Lisbon, Portugal
Author lecture: 14th. of September 2018, 12 noon
In Frankfurt am Main (3rd. edition):
Café Cafuchico
Eckenheimer Landstrasse 61
D-60318 Frankfurt am Main
Date: 11th. of October 2018
Hourtime: 7:30 P.M.
In Geneva (3rd. edition):
Salon International du Livre et de la Presse de Genève
Palexpo
Route François-Peyrot 30
CH-1218 Le Grand-Saconnex
Stand C 351
Date: 4th. of May 2019
Hourtime: 3 P.M. till 4 P.M.
In n Paraty, Brazil (3rd. edition):
FLIP (10th. - 12th. of July 2019)
Casa Helvétia/Oca Babel
Rua da Lapa, 375 - Centro Histórico de Paraty
Author lecture (10th. of July, 7 P.M.) and autograph sessions (11th. of July, 10 A.M.; 12th. of July, 12 noon)
In Lisbon (3rd. edition):
"IV Festival de Poesia de Lisboa"
Camões – Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, IP
Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 113
Lisbon, Portugal
Author lecture: 13th. of September 2019, 11 A.M.
Autograph session: 14th. of September 2019, 9 A.M. (Café "Ler por aí", rua Jacinta Marto 10)
In Frankfurt am Main (3rd. edition):
Café Cafuchico
Eckenheimer Landstrasse 61
D-60318 Frankfurt am Main
Date: 16th. of October 2019
Hourtime: 8 P.M.
Book store online: http://helvetiaeditions.com/product-category/loja/page/2/
Lectures
Lecture on the book «Densidades Cíclicas» (Rio de Janeiro, October 2016).
Lecture on the book «Densidades Cíclicas» (University of Zurich, December 2016).
«A Dialogue between Music and Literature» ("II Festival de Poesia de Lisboa", September 2017).
Lecture on the book «Densidades Cíclicas» (Stadtbibliothek Winterthur, Switzerland, May 2018).
«Brazilian Literature: Guimarães Rosa» - in German (Zurich, June 2018).
«Music and Poetry» - in German (Zurich, June 2018).
«Inspiration in Music and in Poetry» («3.° Festival de Poesia de Lisboa», September 2018).
Lectures on Fernando Pessoa - in German (Zurich, January 2019).
Lecture on the book «Densidades Cíclicas» (FLIP Brazil, Paraty, July 2019).
Lecture on «Poesia Concreta» («4.° Festival de Poesia de Lisboa», September 2019).
Lectures on Vinicius de Moraes - in German (online and in Kilchberg, Switzerland, December 2020).
Lectures on José Saramago with Dr. Albert von Brunn - in German (Zurich, June 2022).
Participation in the 2nd. Villa Felice Symposium: "Metaphysics and Aesthetics" - in German (Minusio, Switzerland, September 2023).
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