Eric M. B. Becker Explained

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.

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Notes and References

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

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