Abstract:
Recorded March 4, 2004
Below is the original description of the event.
Paulo Lins holds the Mario de Andrade Chair in Brazilian Culture at The Center for Latin American Studies at UC Berkeley. He is the celebrated author of Cidade de Deus (City of God), first published in 1997 and recently made into an acclaimed movie of the same name.
Mr. Lins book was based on "10 years of research and 30 years of life experience" in the Cidade de Deus housing project in Rio de Janeiro and is as much a memoir as a novel.
Publication date:
March 4, 2004
Publication type:
Event Video Recording