Read more:<\/em> Although Machado de Assis (1839-1908) and Clarice Lispector (1920-1977) lead translation projects from the Brazilian Portuguese into other languages, Arab publishing houses are more interested in Brazil\u2019s contemporary authors, though. \u201cOver time, we saw that many contemporary authors started figuring in our support bids, and I believe this is related to literary fairs, which are very important to help spread the Brazilian literature. Many authors attend these fairs,\u201d says Camilla Ramos Ribeiro, coordinator of institutional cooperation at the Center for Cooperation and Dissemination of Brazil\u2019s National Library Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 1991, over 1,300 translations were supported by the program. In 2023, the year when works resumed after the pandemic, 125 publishing houses were supported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2012 and 2013, Egypt\u2019s publishing house Sphinx published Arabic translations of Esau and Jacob<\/em> by Machado de Assis, Canaan<\/em> by Gra\u00e7a Aranha (1868-1931), O consumo<\/em> [The consumption] by Cristina Von, Voc\u00ea conhece a Joana?<\/em> [Have You Met Joana?] by Maria Eugenia, and O menino que achou uma estrela<\/em> [The Boy Who Found a Star] by Marina Colasanti. Also in 2013, publisher Al Arabi translated Symphony in White <\/em>by Adriana Lisboa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publishing house Sefsafa published an Arabic translations Selected Stories<\/em> by Machado de Assis in 2015, the same year when The Body Snatcher<\/em> by Patr\u00edcia Melo was published by Al Arabi. Sefsafa published Machado de Assis\u2019s The Posthumous Memoirs of Br\u00e1s Cubas<\/em> in 2017, and Dom Casmurro<\/em> in 2018. In 2018 Juli\u00e1n Fuks\u2019s Resistance<\/em> was published in Arabic by Egypt\u2019s publishing house Mars, and so did Tatiana Salem Levy\u2019s The House in Smyrna<\/em> by Al Arabi. The following year saw the arrival of Arabic editions of The Invisible Life of Eur\u00eddice Gusm\u00e3o<\/em> by Martha Batalha by Lebanon\u2019s publishing house Dar Al Adab.<\/p>\n\n\n Egypt\u2019s Sefsafa published two new Arabic translations supported by the program in 2022: They Marched Under the Sun <\/em>by Cristina Judar and Setenta <\/em>[Seventy] by Henrique Schneider. Inf\u00e2mia<\/em> [Infamy] by Ana Maria Machado was published by Egypt\u2019s last year, while Crooked Plow<\/em> by Itamar Vieira Jr. and The Guardian of Names<\/em> by Leonardo Garzaro are to be published soon. Finally, Germany\u2019s Sphinx Agency will publish Seraphim Grosse Pointe <\/em>by Oswald de Andrade (1890-1954).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ribeiro says that she\u2019s started noticing a new interest of foreign publishers in Brazilian comics and children\u2019s books like O Consumo<\/em>, Voc\u00ea Conhece a Joana? <\/em>and O menino que achou uma estrela<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the tender is floated, publishing houses apply their projects, which are then evaluated by a five-people committee. Following the approval, publishers have two years to release the book. A key part of the selection process, Ribeiro says, is the analysis of the resum\u00e9s of translator. She adds that most publishers interested in getting the support learned about the program from being in the mailing list of Brazil\u2019s National Library Foundation, but the Guimar\u00e3es Rosa Institute plays a critical role in brining in new publishers to the project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The last tender floated in September last year made BRL 1 million [USD 193,000] available for translation projects. The next tender is slanted to be floated in from June to July, but values are yet to be determined. \u201cContemporary authors can show our reality in a way that is appealing to foreigner readers, which helps explain their recent boom overseas,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Find out more<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Translated by<\/strong> Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n
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