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the one hand, he knew vaguely; he a Victor Segalen University in be excessive in Tahiti due to
had the idea that he had become Brest, and in this area of post- the close association of the
known in France. But the way colonial studies, ethnology, the French painter's images with the
I see it, Gauguin, at the time of French author is starting to be island's commercial activities.
his death, was a figure in the art recovered in some way. He is also Like Fernando Pessoa in Lisbon!
world, a minority and distant. In gaining recognition for his poetry! Let's hope that the film can
other words, his situation did not He also excels in the realm of contribute to this recognition
resemble the perception we hold literature! In this German- of Segalen's life and work. But I
of it today. So I don't think the speaking area (Austria), there think that Segalen's search for
French painter was preparing for are also many translations and Gauguin's ghost has something
immortality. academic interests, although he is else behind it: it has to do with
still not a well-known figure. the times we're living in now!
I was referring to what These are the times of mass
remains today, all those years Can ‘Off the Beaten Track’ tourism and total massification
after his death! contribute more to this of cultural objects, characterised
Hugo Vieira da Silva: No, but recognition? by a levelling of all things, a vast
Victor Segalen is increasingly Paulo MilHomens: I think so. international and global agenda,
known and recognised in France. Of course! It's true that Gauguin and a tendency for people to
This recognition extends to all has achieved a certain level of search for the same things. If
aspects of academia! There's even celebrity, which can sometimes they come to Lisbon, tourists

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