Reflexões filosóficas e literárias sobre a pandemia na Carta ao Coronavírus (22 de março de 2020) do timorense Dadolin Murak.

The objective of the study “Philosophical and literary refl ections on the pandemic in Carta ao Coronavírus (March 22, 2020) by Timorese Dadolin Murak” is to present, on one side, the socio-political context of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the emergency measures enacted by the international and Timorese authorities, as well as the denial of the pandemic by Giorgio Amgaben and the opposite criticism by Yara Frateschi; and, on the other, to analyze the literary text, according to the refl ections on exaustion (Pelbart) and melancholy (Agamben), and the facets of individualism and those of solidarity. In addition, the role of the intelectual (Sartre), activist or writer, who takes a stand on diff erent social issues, will be considered. Murak denies Agambem´s fallacy about the invention of the pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]