Join the Brazil Institute for an evening of lusophone prose, poetry and drama. Through a series of reading and discussions, we'll be exploring the beauty, wonder and challenges of translating from the Portuguese.

Speakers include:

• Margaret Jull Costa (renowned translator)
• Almiro Andrade (director and translator)

 

Margaret Jull Costa, OBE, is a multi-award-winning translator. She has worked on writers, such as Jose Saramago, Eça de Queiroz, Fernando Pessoa, Paulo Coelho and Michel Laub.

Almiro Andrade, PhD, is a director, academic and translator. His work encompasses English adaptations of Namibia Não! (by Aldri Anunciação), and The Blind One and The Mad One (by Claudia Barral).