Conference: “Getting to know Camilo through his manuscripts”, given by Professor Cristina Sobral.

As part of the celebrations for the Bicentenary of Camilo Castelo Branco's birth, Casa de Camilo invited Professor Cristina Sobral to give a lecture at the Cupertino de Miranda Foundation entitled “Getting to know Camilo through his manuscripts”.

Abstract: Since 2007, the study of Camilo Castelo Branco's autograph manuscripts has allowed us to “enter” the writer's mind, dispelling the myth that he wrote under inspiration, with almost nothing or very little to amend. In this conference, we will follow how knowledge about his writing process has evolved and show some interesting aspects of the construction of his novels, documented in the manuscripts.

Speaker: Cristina Sobral

Biographical note: Professor at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Lisbon and researcher at the Linguistics Centre of the University of Lisbon, Cristina Sobral specializes in Textual Criticism. With a background in Medieval Literature and editing ancient texts, she has been working since 2008 on the genetic and critical editing of Camilo Castelo Branco's works. She has published the critical editions of O demónio do ouro and, in collaboration, Coração, Cabeça e Estômago and História de Gabriel Malagrida. She has the critical editions of O Romance dum homem rico and O senhor do Paço de Ninães in press. She has published texts on the Camillian writing process in collective volumes. She is director of the Camilo Castelo Branco Chair, where she directs research on Camilo.