From Portuguese Heritage Publications of California

Expanded English-Portuguese bilingual edition

 

MY CALIFORNIAN FRIENDS: POETRY

by Vasco Pereira da Costa

Translated by Katharine F. Baker and Diniz Borges

 

Formal book launching and presentations

 

 

 

 

Read commentary by translators Katharine F. Baker and Diniz Borges:

Women of Azorean descent in Vasco Pereira da Costa’s

My Californian Friends: Poetry

 

Katharine Baker, speaker 5th International Colloquium: The Voice and Choice of Portuguese Women in the Diaspora in France and Elsewhere

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Paris, FRANCE 11-13 May 2011

 

Portuguese Heritage Publications presented Vasco Pereira da Costa's My Californian Friends and The Portuguese Presence in California by Dr. Eduardo Mayone Dias (translated by Katharine Baker, Dr. Bobby Chamberlain and Diniz Borges) in late September in communities throughout California. A reception and autograph session followed each presentation.

 

SAN JOSE: Décio, José Luís, Katharine, Vasco, José

 

SAN JOSE

 

SAN LEANDRO: Vasco

 

SAN LEANDRO

20 Sep 2009 - SAN JOSE, CA.: Portuguese Athletic Club

The formal launching of the expanded Portuguese-English bilingual edition of Vasco Pereira da Costa's My Californian Friends: Poetry – and Dr. Eduardo Mayone Dias' The Portuguese Presence in California – were celebrated by Portuguese Heritage Publications at the Portuguese Athletic Club. Featured speakers included poet Vasco Pereira da Costa; co-translator Katharine Baker; PHPC President and Vice President José Rodrigues and Tony Goulart; Dr. Décio Oliveira, and, Luso American Education Foundation Chair José Luís da Silva.

Photos, upper left: José Rodrigues addresses the audience as Dr. Décio Oliveira, José Luís da Silva, Katharine Baker and Vasco Pereira da Costa listen; guests.

Click here to see more pictures of the San Jose event.

 

 

Additional first-week presentation events in honor of the publication of My Californian Friends and The Portuguese Presence in California were held throughout California:

 

23 Sep 2009 - SAN LEANDRO, CA.: UPEC / J.A. Freitas Library

Featured speakers included poet Vasco Pereira da Costa; co-translator Katharine Baker; PHPC President José Rodrigues; and, UPEC President Tim Borges.

Photos, lower left: Vasco Pereira da Costa interprets one of his poems; guests.

Click here to see more pictures of the San Leandro event.

 

24 Sep 2009 - TULARE, CA.: Tulare Historical Museum Tulare-Angra Sister City Foundation

Featured speakers included co-translator and Foundation Vice President Diniz Borges; poet Vasco Pereira da Costa; co-translator Katharine Baker; and, Foundation President Carmen Pinheiro.

Photos, upper right: Diniz Borges talks with Vasco Pereira da Costa; guests.

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26 Sep 2009 - ARTESIA, CA.: Artesia DES Feast of Saint Anthony

Featured speakers included author Dr. Eduardo Mayone Dias (Professor Emeritus, UCLA); poet Vasco Pereira da Costa; co-translator Katharine Baker; PHPC President José Rodrigues; and, Artesia Mayor Tony Lima and City Council member John Martins.

Photos, lower right: Katharine Baker, Dr. Eduardo Mayone Dias and Vasco Pereira da Costa chat before the program; Osvaldo Palhinha (right, behind camera), producer of RTP's Azores-community TV program Contacto Califórnia, videotapes Artesia Mayor Tony Lima and Council member John Martins presenting Vasco with the Artesia City Council's resolution in honor of publication of the bilingual edition of My Californian Friends.

Click here to see more pictures of the Artesia event.

TULARE: Diniz, Vasco

 

 

TULARE

 

ARTESIA: Katharine, Dr. Dias, Vasco

 

ARTESIA: Tony, John, Vasco

 

 visaliatimesdelta.com

New books on Portuguese-American heritage to be shown at Tulare museum

Staff reports September 9, 2009

Two new books look at the history of Portuguese Americans settling into California.

"The Portuguese Presence in California" and "My Californian Friends" were translated from earlier Portuguese publications. Both are published by Portuguese Heritage Publications of California.

The books will be presented at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Tulare Historical Museum, 444 W. Tulare Ave. The presentation is organized by the Tulare-Angra do Heroísmo Sister City Foundation, which celebrates the link between Tulare and a city in the Azores.

The Azores are a collection of islands to which many local Portuguese Americans can trace their heritage.

The event is free and the public is invited. The event will feature short presentations, a book-signing by the authors and translators and a wine reception.

The books:

"My Californian Friends" is a collection of poetry dealing with Portuguese-American communities in California.

The poems were written by Vasco Pereira da Costa. The book references people and places in California that have special meaning to the poet and to Portuguese-American communities.

The poetry was translated by Katharine Baker and Diniz "Dennis" Borges, a Tulare resident and Portuguese-language instructor at Tulare Union High School and College of the Sequoias in Visalia.

"The Portuguese Presence in California" is a collection of writings about the history of Portuguese immigrants and their offspring in California.

Written by Eduardo Mayone Dias, professor emeritus at University of California, Los Angeles, the book has chapters dealing with the dairy industry, the Portuguese language press, the tuna industry in San Diego, the Portuguese Fraternal Society movement and contributions to literature. The book was translated by Baker, Borges and Professor Bobby Chamberlain from the University of Pittsburgh.

How to attend:

Two new books on Portuguese heritage will be presented at 7 p.m. Sept. 24 at the Tulare Historical Museum, 444 W. Tulare Ave.

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My Californian Friends: Poetry, by Vasco Pereira da Costa

From the Colecção Décima Ilha (Tenth Island Collection)

Portuguese Heritage Publications of California

P.O. Box 32517, San Jose, California 95152

ISBN 978-0-9789994-7-6 / Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009925325

 

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