Antônio Houaiss
Antônio Houaiss (born October 15, 1915 in Rio de Janeiro , † March 7, 1999 ibid) was a Brazilian Romance scholar , Lusitanist, translator, cultural politician and lexicographer.
life and work
Houaiss was the child of Lebanese immigrants. He studied in Rio de Janeiro, taught Latin and Portuguese at high school and entered the diplomatic service (including at the United Nations). When he lost his post for political reasons in 1964, he worked as a journalist, translator and lexicographer.
In 1971 he was elected to the Brazilian Academy of Literature ( Academia Brasileira de Letras , ABL), of which he was president (1995–1996). From 1992 to 1993 he was Minister of Culture in the Itamar Franco government . He made a contribution to the spelling and lexicography of Portuguese. The Instituto Antônio Houaiss (IAH) was named after him.
Works
Dictionaries
- (with Catherine B. Avery) The new Appleton dictionary of the English and Portuguese Languages , 2 Bde., New York 1964
- (Editor-in-chief) Enciclopédia Delta-Larousse , Rio de Janeiro 1966–1970
- (Editor-in-chief) Enciclopédia Mirador Internacional , São Paulo 1979 (activity 1971–1975)
- (Ed.) Pequeno dicionário enciclopédico Koogan Larousse , Rio de Janeiro 1979
- (with Mauro de Salles Villar and Francisco Manoel de Mello Franco) Dicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa , 6 vols., Lisbon 2002–2003
- (with Mauro de Salles Villar and Francisco Manoel de Mello Franco) Minidicionário Houaiss da língua portuguesa , Rio de Janeiro 2001, 2004, 2009, 2010
- (with Mauro de Salles Villar, Francisco Manoel de Mello Franco) Dicionário Houaiss de sinônimos e antônimos , Rio de Janeiro 2003, Lisbon 2007
Other works
- Tentativa de descriçâo do sistema vocalico do português culto na area dita carioca , Rio de Janeiro 1959
- Sugestões para uma política de língua , Rio de Janeiro 1960
- Crítica avulsa , Salvador, Bahia 1960
- Seis poetas e um problema , Rio de Janeiro 1960, 1967
- (Translator) James Joyce, Ulisses , Rio de Janeiro 1966
- Elementos de bibliologia , Rio de Janeiro 1967
- Drummond mais seis poetas e um problema , Rio de Janeiro 1976
- A defesa , Rio de Janeiro 1979
- Estudos vários sobre palavras, livros, autores , Rio de Janeiro 1979
- (with Alain Draeger) Magia da cozinha brasileira: para deuses e mortais , Rio de Janeiro 1979
- A crise de nossa língua de cultura , Rio de Janeiro 1983
- O português no Brasil. Pequena enciclopédia da cultura brasileira , Rio de Janeiro 1985, 1988, 1992
- A nova ortografia da língua portuguesa , Sâo Paulo 1991
literature
- Antônio Houaiss. Uma vida. Homenagem de amigos e admiradores em comemoração de seus 80 anos, ed. by Vasco Mariz, Rio de Janeiro 1995
- Dieter Woll, Portuguese Lexicography, in: Dictionaries. An international handbook on lexicography, ed. by Franz Josef Hausmann , Oskar Reichmann, Herbert Ernst Wiegand and Ladislav Zgusta , second volume, Berlin / New York 1990, pp. 1723–1735
- João Alves Pereira Penha, Filólogos brasileiros, Franca 2002, pp. 129-134
Web links
- Literature by and about Antônio Houaiss in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- Biobibliography on the website of the Academia Brasileira de Letras (Portuguese)
- Website of the Instituto Antônio Houaiss (with picture)
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Sérgio Paulo Rouanet |
Minister of Culture October 2, 1992 to December 1, 1993 |
Jerônimo Moscardo |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Houaiss, Antônio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian Romanist, Lusitanist and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 15, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 7, 1999 |
| Place of death | Rio de Janeiro |