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Lya Fett Luft (born September 15, 1938 in Santa Cruz do Sul , Rio Grande do Sul , † December 30, 2021 in Porto Alegre ) was a Brazilian writer and translator of German descent.
Vita
Lya Luft was of German descent and was born in Santa Cruz do Sul in 1938 as the daughter of the lawyer and judge Arthur Germano Fett. This city has been settled by German immigrants since the middle of the 19th century, so that Luft always grew up in a bilingual environment that encouraged her later translation work. As a teenager she moved to Porto Alegre and lived there until the end.
She was a university professor of linguistics and literature , and on occasion she was a columnist for the Brazilian weekly Veja . As a translator, she mainly specialized in works from both English and German. For example, Luft translated works by Virginia Woolf , Rainer Maria Rilke , Hermann Hesse , Doris Lessing , Günter Grass , Botho Strauss and Thomas Mann into Brazilian Portuguese .
Her own works, prose and poetry titles , have in turn been translated into several European languages, including into German, English and Italian.
In 2016 she was awarded the Diploma Bertha Lutz of the Brazilian Federal Senate. She died in Porto Alegre at the end of December 2021 at the age of 83.
bibliography
Own works (selection)
- Weekend with family . Novel. Translated from the Brazilian by Karin von Schweder-Schreiner . Stuttgart 1992, ISBN 3-608-95854-1 .
- The woman on the cliff . Novel. Translated from Brazilian Portuguese by Karin von Schweder-Schreiner. Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-608-95853-3 (original title: As parceiras ).
- Tides of happiness: a full life . Translated from the Portuguese by Karin von Schweder-Schreiner. Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-547-71082-0 (as audio book: ISBN 3-86667-330-2 ) (original title: Perdas & Ganhos ). Autobiography.
Translations (selection)
- Thomas Mann : Sua alteza real (Orig .: Your Royal Highness ). Rio de Janeiro, 1985.
- Hermann Broch : O encantamento (Orig .: The Enchantment ). Rio de Janeiro, 1990. ISBN 85-325-0018-8 .
- Heinrich Mann : A juventude do rei Heinrique IV (Orig .: The youth of King Henri Quatre ). Sao Paulo, 1993.
- Robert Musil : O jovem Törless (Orig .: The confusions of the pupil Törless ). Rio de Janeiro, 1996. ISBN 85-209-0775-X .
- Robert Musil: O homem sem qualidades (Orig .: The man without qualities ) together with Carlos Abbenseth. Rio de Janeiro, 1997. ISBN 85-209-0177-8 .
- Hermann Hesse : Felicidade (orig .: luck ). Rio de Janeiro - São Paulo, 1999. ISBN 85-01-05115-2 .
- Thomas Mann: Confissões do impostor Felix Krull (Orig .: Confessions of the impostor Felix Krull ). Rio de Janeiro, 2000. ISBN 85-209-1063-7 .
- Thomas Mann: Os famintos e outras histórias . Rio de Janeiro, 2000. ISBN 85-209-1110-2 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Lya Luft in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Lya Luft in the catalog of the Ibero-American Institute of Prussian Cultural Heritage, Berlin
- releituras.com Biography (in Portuguese) of Lya Luft
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Air, Lya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Fett, Lya (maiden name); Air, Lya Fett |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian writer and translator |
| BIRTH DATE | September 15, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Santa Cruz do Sul , Rio Grande do Sul |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2021 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Porto Alegre |