Eric M. B. Becker

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Eric M. B. Becker is an American writer, editor, [1] and translator [2] of literary works from Portuguese language.

Becker currently serves as Digital Director & Senior Editor of the literary journal Words without Borders . [3] In 2014, he received PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant [4] for his translations of Mia Couto, and in 2016, he received a Fulbright Fellowship to translate Brazilian literature. In 2018, he was awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts for his translation for the short stories of canonical Brazilian writer Lygia Fagundes Telles, a contemporary of Clarice Lispector and Hilda Hilst. [5] In 2019, he was selected for the Frankfurt Book Fair Fellowship Programme for editors. [6]

In 2016, Becker edited—with Mirna Queiroz dos Santos—an anthology of Brazilian women writers for PEN America, [7] which included a preface by American writer Claire Messud.

Becker has given interviews [8] on the subject of literary translation [9] and been profiled for newspapers [10] and television around the world. He has also given workshops [11] on the translation of Portuguese language literature in Brazil and elsewhere. He has also served on the jury [12] for the National Translation Award.

References

  1. ↑ Group, Global Media (2017-07-07). "Internacional - Cabo Verde não tem literatura-mundo, diz Germano Almeida". DN (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-08-26.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ "Amazon.com: Eric M.B. Becker: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". www.amazon.com. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  3. ↑ "Eric M. B. Becker - Words Without Borders". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  4. ↑ "PEN Announces 2014 Translation Fund Winners - PEN America". PEN America. 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  5. ↑ "National Endowment for the Arts" (PDF). Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "Benefit from the Frankfurt Fellowship Programme". www.buchmesse.de. Retrieved 2019-08-16.
  7. ↑ "PEN America - Shop". shop.pen.org. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  8. ↑ Group, Global Media (2017-07-07). "Internacional - Cabo Verde não tem literatura-mundo, diz Germano Almeida". DN (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-08-26.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ↑ "O desafio da tradução literária". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  10. ↑ ""Se os tradutores não lutassem por seus projetos, muitos escritores não seriam conhecidos" - Jornal Opção". Jornal Opção (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-07-02. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  11. ↑ "Palestra do tradutor e editor Eric M. B. Becker - Instituto Vera Cruz". Instituto Vera Cruz (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
  12. ↑ rcldaum (2017-02-20). "Meet the 2017 Judges of the National Translation Award in Prose!". ALTA Blog. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
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