Book(print)#12017
Uma outra missão francesa 1917-1918: Paul Claudel e Darius Milhaud no Brasil
Collective work published on the occasion of the centenary of the diplomatic mission of Paul Claudel in Brazil. The work focuses on the figures of Claudel and Milhaud, the first ambassador, and the second, secretary of the French legation in Rio de Janeiro, with texts by himself and also by Henri Hoppenot, also a diplomat (preface to an edition of Claudel's diaries) and his wife, Hélène Hoppenot (part of his diary written in Brazil), who arrived here in 1918. Invited authors focus on Claudel's relationship with Brazil, Milhaud's relationship with Brazilian popular repertoire and the most significant moments of the young Hélène, who discovers here her vocation for photography