Bruna Dantas Lobato Explained

Bruna Dantas Lobato
Birth Place:Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Occupation:Writer, translator
Awards:National Book Award

Bruna Dantas Lobato is a fiction writer and translator of Brazilian literature. Her translation of The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel won the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature.[1] [2] Her translation of The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório won an English PEN Translates Award,[3] and her translation of Moldy Strawberries by Caio Fernando Abreu was longlisted for the PEN Translation Prize and the Republic of Consciousness Prize.[4] [5]

Her first novel, Blue Light Hours, was published in 2024 by Grove Atlantic to critical acclaim and will be translated into several languages.[6] [7] [8] [9] [10] Her stories have been published in The New Yorker, Guernica, A Public Space, and The Common.

Early life and education

Dantas Lobato was born in Natal, in the Northeast of Brazil.[11] As a high school student, she was selected to the United States Department of State and U.S. Embassy in Brazil exchange program Youth Ambassadors,[12] [13] which first brought her to the United States to study U.S. politics and youth leadership. As a Youth Ambassador to Brazil, Dantas Lobato visited the White House, where she met Michelle Obama.[14]

She was an avid reader from a young age and took her first creative writing class as a scholarship student at Phillips Exeter Academy. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from New York University, an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Iowa, and a BA in Literature from Bennington College.[15] [16]

Life and work

In addition to translating Brazilian literature into English, Dantas Lobato an advocate for translators translating out of their heritage languages and has led panels on the topic.[17] [18] [19]

Dantas Lobato currently serves on the board of directors of the American Literary Translators Association.[20] She is an Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing at Grinnell College.[21]

Honors

Publications

Fiction

Translations

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Words That Remain . 2023-11-23 . National Book Foundation . en-US.
  2. News: Harris . Elizabeth A. . Alter . Alexandra . 2023-11-16 . Justin Torres, Author of 'Blackouts,' Wins National Book Award for Fiction . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-23 . 0362-4331.
  3. Web site: PEN Translates winners announced . 2023-11-23 . English Pen . en-GB.
  4. Web site: 2023-01-20 . Announcing the 2023 PEN America Literary Awards Longlists – . 2023-11-23 . PEN America . en.
  5. Web site: Our 2022 Longlist! . 2023-11-23 . Republic of Consciousness Prize . en-GB.
  6. Web site: About . 2024-08-31 . Bruna Dantas Lobato . en-US.
  7. Web site: Blue Light Hours . 2024-01-17 . Bruna Dantas Lobato . en-US.
  8. Web site: Blue Light Hours . Kirkus Reviews . en.
  9. Web site: July 22, 2024 . Blue Light Hours by Bruna Dantas Lobato . 31 August 2024 . www.publishersweekly.com.
  10. News: McGee . Celia . 2024-07-31 . They Translated the Books of Others. Now They’re Writing Their Own. . 2024-08-31 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  11. Web site: Becker . Eric . 2023-10-03 . The National Book Award Interviews: Bruna Dantas Lobato and Stênio Gardel . 2023-11-23 . Words Without Borders . en.
  12. Web site: Brazil . U. S. Mission . 2023-06-30 . Applications open for the 2024 Youth Ambassadors program . 2023-11-23 . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Brazil . en-US.
  13. Web site: Brazil . U. S. Mission . 2013-12-11 . Youth Ambassadors Personal Blogs . 2023-11-23 . U.S. Embassy & Consulates in Brazil . en-US.
  14. Web site: Embaixada dos EUA lança projeto Jovens Embaixadores . 2023-11-23 . Estadão . pt-br.
  15. Web site: Bruna Dantas Lobato . 2023-11-23 . Bruna Dantas Lobato . en-US.
  16. Web site: Bruna Dantas Lobato Bennington College . 2023-11-23 . www.bennington.edu.
  17. News: 2023-06-28 . 'Building Something Together': Translators Discuss Their Art . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-23 . 0362-4331.
  18. Web site: 2023-10-16 . Translators on the Art of Translating . 2023-11-23 . KQED . en-us.
  19. Web site: Motherless Tongues, Multiple Belongings I . 2023-11-23 . HowlRound Theatre Commons . en.
  20. Web site: Board of Directors The American Literary Translators Association . 2023-11-23 . literarytranslators.org.
  21. Web site: dantasbru Grinnell College . 2024-08-31 . www.grinnell.edu.
  22. Web site: 2018-11-29 . 2019 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants . 2023-11-23 . PEN America . en.

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