In 2015 Martijn spend his summer in Barra Grande, Bahia, Brazil, translating Boi Tempo I, by Brazilian poet Drummond de Andrade. In May 2016 we visited the town where Drummond was born, Itabira in Minas Gerais, Brazil, to see where his poems were written, what inspired him. Martijn made photos of teh environment to publish with the translations of his poems. TV Cultura Itabira interviewed him when we were visiting the house of Drummond, all hosted and taken care of by Mario, part of the team of Cultural foundation of Carlos Drummond de Andrade. Thetranslation will be publishe din The Netherlands in 2017.

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