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Year:: 2019
Contributor:: Baker, Katharine F. (author)
Genre:: tributes
Subject:: Monteiro, George; American literature > Portuguese American authors; Luso-Brazilianists; Biography; Obituaries; Homenagens; American poetry; Portuguese American poetry; Fish as food; Translation
Extent:: pp. 165-167
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/8q1q-3816

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Abstract:: Excerpt: Ahead of a 2017 trip to Lisbon, I emailed a few friends who had visited the city often over the years, seeking recommendations of typical Portuguese restaurants they thought my husband and I might enjoy. The most intriguing reply arrived from George Monteiro, who also attached to his email a typescript of his poem “A Fish Head.” This work, which he had composed in memory of his late mother, is set in the Restaurante O Polícia – “The Policeman,” named for its founder, a former police officer – an eatery popular with local lawmen when it opened in 1900. George added, “I was told once that this poem of mine was on the wall [at the initiative of Teresa Martins Marques, but] I don't know if it is still there (or, for that matter, ever was).” A sleuthing adventure – accompanied by the prospect of a good meal (judging by the online menu) – was a combination too delectable to resist, so I printed out a framable copy of the poem to bring along.

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Baker, Katharine F., "Remembering Dr. George Monteiro: The Tale of 'A Fish Head'" (2019). Gávea-Brown: A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-North American Letters and Studies. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/8q1q-3816

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Gávea-Brown—A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-American Letters and Studies Vol. 41

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Gávea-Brown: A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-North American Letters and Studies

Gávea-Brown: A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-North American Letters and Studies (ISSN: 2641-0400) is published annually by the Department of Portuguese and Brazilian Studies at Brown University, and made possible with support from the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD). The journal …

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Remembering Dr. George Monteiro: The Tale of 'A Fish Head'