[Goanet-news]UPCOMING: Lino Leitao speaks in Panjim, July 7

[Frederick Noronha (FN)]

LINO LEITAO, the Canada-based Goan novelist and short-story writer, speaks 
on "Influence of Portuguese Literature in my Writing" at the Fundacao 
Oriente, on July 7, 2004 at 6 pm.

	Venue: Fundacao Oriente, 175 Filipe Neri Xavier Road,
	Fontainhas, Panjim 223 0728 and 243 6108 oriente at sancharnet.in

Lino Leitao was born in Goa, studied in Portuguese and English schools and 
attended the University of Karnataka and Concordia University (Montreal). 

His stories have been published in *Goa Today*, *Gulab*, *Gomantak Times*, 
*Afro-Asian Quarterly*, *Journal of Asian Literature* (Michigan State 
University), *The Toronto South Asian Review*, *Massachusetts Review*, 
*Short Story International* (New York), *The Antigonish Review* and 
others. His articles on Goan issues have also been published in the 
*Herald*, *Gomantak Times*, *Navhind Times*, and in South Asian Studies 
Papers No 9 Goa: Continuity and Change, University of Toronto, Centre for 
South Asian Studies, 1995.

	Leitao's publications include:
	* The Man and His Writings (Translated from Portuguese), XCHR 2000
	* The Gift of the Holy Cross, Leeds, England: Peepal Tree, 1999
	* Six Tales, Cornwall, ON: Vesta Publications 1980
	* Goa Tales, Cornwall, ON: Vesta Publications, 1977
	* Collected Short Tales, New York: Carleton Press, 1972

He can be contacted via email    l e i t a o @ t o t a l . n e t
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