Entre guerras e traduções: literatura brasileira em inglês, a USIA e Alfred A. Knopf

Marly D’Amaro Blasques Tooge

doi:10.47250/intrell.v40i1.p61-74

Authors

Marly D’Amaro Blasques Tooge Universidade de São Paulo - USP https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4348-8793

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47250/intrell.v40i1.p61-74

Keywords:

Translation, Brazilian Literature, Alfred A. Knopf, USIA, Barbara Shelby

Abstract

This article analyses the political and power relations involved in translating Brazilian works into English during the Cold War. It focuses on the work of the translators at Alfred Knopf Publishers, especially Barbara Shelby, and the restrictions of the disputes that resulted in the formation of a Brazilian imaginary. Important issues such as “The War against the Authors” waged by the US government against important names in world literature, the “Freedom to Read Statement” and the resistance of publishers and writers are addressed here. The translation process of works by Gilberto Freyre, Jorge Amado and Guimarães Rosa and the different disputes between the agents involved in the translations are also highlighted.

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Author Biography

Marly D’Amaro Blasques Tooge, Universidade de São Paulo - USP

Doutora pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da USP. Tradutora e Intérprete Pública e Professora do Curso de Formação de Tradutores da Associação Alumni. Membro do Grupo de Estudos de Tradução e Adaptação da USP.

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