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Year:: 2022
Contributor:: Baker, Katharine F. (author)
Genre:: nonfiction (general genre)
Subject:: Freitas, Adelaide > 1949-2018 > Sorriso por dentro da noite. English; Bosc, Adrien > 1986- > Constellation. English; Aircraft accidents; Azores; Neveu, Ginette > 1919-1949; Cerdan, Marcel > 1916-1949; Barcellos, Anthony; Sá, Daniel de; Bettencourt, Urbano > 1949-; Dores, Victor Rui > 1958-
Extent:: pp. 1-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/1bnq-qb20

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Abstract:: In the early morning darkness of October 28, 1949, Air France flight #009 slammed into the highest peak on the Azores’ São Miguel island, killing all 48 people on board. This tragedy, which would traumatize local residents for decades to come, is a leitmotif in Adelaide Freitas’s novel "Smiling in the Darkness." This paper’s author has researched the plane crash and its role in the story, and translated crónicas about the accident by the respected Azorean writers Daniel de Sá and Urbano Bettencourt, and a poem by Victor Rui Dores mourning a more recent fatal crash in the Azores.; Na escuridão da madrugada de 28 de outubro de 1949, o voo nº 009 da Air France colidiu com a montanha mais alta da ilha de São Miguel nos Açores, matando todas as 48 pessoas a bordo da avião. Essa tragédia, que traumatizou os moradores locais por décadas, é um leitmotiv no romance "Sorriso por dentro da Noite" de Adelaide Freitas. O autor deste artigo pesquisou a queda e o seu papel na história, e traduziu crónicas sobre o acidente pelos estimados escritores açorianos Daniel de Sá e Urbano Bettencourt, e um poema de Victor Rui Dores a lamentar um fatal acidente aéreo mais recente nos Açores.

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Baker, Katharine F., "The Role of the Crash of Air France Flight #009 in Adelaide Freitas’s Novel Smiling in the Darkness" (2022). Gávea-Brown: A Bilingual Journal of Portuguese-North American Letters and Studies. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/1bnq-qb20

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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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The Role of the Crash of Air France Flight #009 in Adelaide Freitas’s Novel Smiling in the Darkness