Brazil

Keeping a Critical Eye on Brazil: A Conversation with Emilio Fraia

By Anderson Tepper
August 9, 2021 | Anderson Tepper

Emilio Fraia’s Sevastopol, out this summer from New Directions, is the sort of book that beguiles and dazzles in equal measure. Consisting of three disparate stories—of a m...
Graciliano Ramos and São Bernardo

April 27, 2020 | Padma Viswanathan

Statue of Ramos at Ponta Verde beach, Maceió, Brazil / Wikipedia In her new translation of Graciliano Ramos’s São Bernardo, forthcoming early next month from New York Rev...
NEA Literary Translation Fellowship recipients, Cuba’s thriving sci-fi, and more

August 26, 2016 | WLT

Photo by Syd Wachs/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews The September issue of WLT is here! Get your print or digital copy, or read the entire issue on the website for only $1.25 a month....
A book revolution in Somalia, reading Brazil, and more

August 18, 2016 | WLT

Photo by Eli Samuelu/Unsplash News, Reviews, and Interviews For #WITmonth, Words Without Borders lists 31 women authors in translation to read now. A “working-class academic” reports to VI...
2016 Man Booker Prize longlist, Hemingway look-alikes, and more

July 29, 2016 | WLT

News, Reviews, and Interviews The 2016 Man Booker Prize longlist has been announced. Finalist J. M. Coetzee is a past WLT contributor and was our 2003 Puterbaugh Fellow. PEN America has ann...
A Conversation with Alice Sant’Anna: The Marginal Generation and a Whale Cruising Through the Room

April 5, 2016 | Tiffany Higgins

Westpark, “parkverbot,” 2009 Alice Sant’Anna (b. 1988) is a prize-winning critically and internationally acclaimed poet from Rio de Janeiro who follows in the path of Brazil’s “marginal generation” p...
Translating “Sampa” by Caetano Veloso

July 8, 2014 | Zack Rogow

The corner of Ipiranga at Avenue São João. Photo by Ricardo Romanoff With all eyes on the World Cup in Brazil and one semifinal due to be played in São Paulo’s Arena Corinthians on July...
Destination: São Paulo, Brazil

March 28, 2013 | Yetunde Adebayo

“In the city of São Paulo, I propose, identities did not just repeat and move, they simultaneously sprinted and ponderously ran the marathon.”–Discontented Diaspora...
Jorge Amado, Poetry Foundation App, a Venice bookstore, and more

August 31, 2012 | Kaitlin Hawkins

This week was full of new items worthy of our "Fun Finds and Inspiration" title. But don't forget to mark your calendars with the events listed under "For Your Calendar"! News, Reviews, and In...
Forthcoming Translations of Brazilian Literature

July 24, 2012 | Kaitlin Hawkins

Brazil is the largest country in South America, boasting a population of over 190 million people. The country also boasts a rich culture filled with food, sport, music, and tourism. Experience Brazili...