Literary Vocation

Póvoa de Varzim – in harmony with its literary vocation and its continuous public policy of promoting reading – shares the principles of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network - UCCN, expressing interest in intensifying the positioning of creativity as a strategic factor for its sustainable development.
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Multiculture Heritage

Póvoa de Varzim has fishing, farmworkers, bourgeois and multicultural roots.

Is an Atlantic city historically connected with the world by sea, and with Europe by the Route of Santiago de Compostela. A European Cultural Itinerary since 1987, the different paths of the Route of Santiago de Compostela have lead pilgrims to Santiago de Compostela, Galicia.
 
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TWO DECADES OF LITERARY FESTIVALS

The city's linguistic and literary heritage includes major figures of national literature, such as Eça de Queirós, an author translated into about 20 languages. This legacy feeds current creative production and the affirmation of Póvoa as a cultural and creative city. Proof of this is the Correntes d'Escritas Literary Festival, the country's most relevant literary festival, which has been bringing together the Iberian-language literary sector of Portugal, Spain, Africa and South America for the last 20 years.

Future Projects

Projecting a prosperous future for the municipality of Póvoa de Varzim is founded on an understanding of its cultural, strategic and political path.

Our mission is to position Póvoa as the locus of Literature in the Metropolitan Area of Porto, stimulating a joint and concerted project of sustainable development, based on its pulsating vocations in the various fields of creativity.
 
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Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa

President of Portuguese Republic

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Sérgio Godinho

Poet and Musician

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Ricardo Araújo Pereira

Writer

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Valter Hugo Mãe

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Graça Fonseca

Minister of Culture

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Nélida Piñon

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Guilherme D'Oliveira Martins

Presidente do Grande Conselho do Centro Nacional de Cultura

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Miguel Sousa Tavares

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Luís Diamantino

Vice-Mayor

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Lopito Feijóo

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News

08 . 01 . 2020

Jorge Silva Melo elogiou vida cultural da Póvoa de Varzim

01 . 10 . 2019

Póvoa de Varzim, Cidade Criativa – Literatura já tem sítio eletrónico

16 . 08 . 2019

Até já Feira do Livro!

08 . 08 . 2019

Instabilidade climatérica altera programação de verão

07 . 08 . 2019

Feira do Livro: Alterações de datas

05 . 08 . 2019

Prémio Literário Casino da Póvoa: regulamento disponível

31 . 07 . 2019

Feira do Livro com livros e programa de animação para todos os gostos

29 . 07 . 2019

Convidativa e animada, Feira do Livro aguarda a sua visita

23 . 07 . 2019

Póvoa de Varzim conVida a verão repleto de animação

18 . 07 . 2019

Feira do Livro com animação para todos os públicos

10 . 07 . 2019

Póvoa convida a verão de arromba

24 . 06 . 2019

Apresentada obra premiada no Correntes d´Escritas 2019

12 . 06 . 2019

Apresentação de Toda a água que nos une, de Ana Paula Mateus

23 . 04 . 2019

Manuela Ribeiro distinguida com o grau de Comendador da Ordem do Infante D. Henrique

08 . 03 . 2019

Assembleia da República atribui Voto de Louvor ao Correntes d'Escritas

25 . 02 . 2019

21º Correntes d'Escritas vai a Navais

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