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Novel About Portuguese Immigrant Family
San Leandro resident and first generation immigrant Luciano Cardoso unveiled the English translation of his novel "Cem Anos Sem Ti."
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A San Leandro resident who emigrated here from the Azores in 1978 unveiled the English translation of a novel about his family's heritage at the J.A. Freitas Library Thursday night.
The first version of Luciano Cardoso's novel, "Cem Anos Sem Ti," was published in Portuguese. Thursday night he unveiled the English translation, "Century-Old Wish."
Cardoso and his family live in San Leandro. His wife, Elizabeth, works for the San Leandro Unified School District. An avid soccer player, Cardoso used to coach. His involvement with the Portuguese community is extensive.
Portuguese immigrants began coming to San Leandro in the 1880s when people from the Azores came here to work and settle. According to a book, "The Portuguese in San Leandro," in the 1910 Census, people of Portuguese ancestry accounted for nearly two-third's of the city's population.
Time has greatly changed San Leandro's mix of ethnicities and races but the city remains an important center of Portuguese culture through institutions like the Freitas Library, a large repository of books about the Portuguese-American experience.
The Library recently joined in a project to digitize Portugese-language newspapers from California to make them more widely available.
To find out more about "Century-Old Wish" contact author Luciano Cardoso at lucianoac@comcast.com.
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Related Topics: A.J. Freitas Library, Azores, Immigrants, Luciano Cordosa, Novel, Portuguese, Portuguese-American, and San Leandro
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