Europalia brings together attractions from the various art forms (theater, visual arts, music, literature ... ) each year with a different country and focus. Brazil was chosen for 2011. The texts here were part of the seminar on literary interpretations of modern and contemporary Brazil presented as part of Europalia, November 3-4, 2011. Some authors included: Lima Barreto, Euclides da Cunha, Graciliano Ramos, Clarice Lispector, Haroldo de Campos and Raduan Nassar.