Lecture: "Reflections on Translation: Theory and Practice"

Presented by Richard Zenith, translator and biographer

Richard Zenith, translator and biographer

In celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Portuguese Renaissance poet, Luís Vaz de Camões (1524-1580), join us for "Reflections on Translation: Theory and Practice" by literary translator and biographer Richard Zenith. Richard Zenith’s masterwork biography of the 20th century Portuguese poet Fernando Pessoa was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2022. "Education by Stone: Selected Poems" by Brazil’s João Cabral de Melo Neto won the 2006 translation award from the Academy of American Poets.

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Silvia Oliveira

Dr. Silvia A. Oliveira

Associate Professor