Rubens Figueiredo (born 1956 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer and translator.
Life and career Figueiredo graduated in literature at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, specializing in Russian language and literature. He has worked for publishing houses in Rio de Janeiro and was a professor of literary translation at PUC-Rio. He has seven books to his credit, several of them awarded with Brazilian literary prizes.
A prolific translator, he is known for his translations of classics from Russian literature, such as works by Leo Tolstoy, Anton Chekhov, and Ivan Turgenev, as well as notable works from English and American literature, by authors such as Martin Amis, Paul Auster, Philip Roth and Susan Sontag.
Works published 1986 - O mistério da samambaia bailarina 1987 - Essa maldita farinha 1990 - A festa do milênio 1994 - O livro dos lobos 1998 - As palavras secretas - Jabuti Award 2002- Barco a seco - Jabuti Award 2006 - O livro de Pedro 2010 - Passageiro do fim do dia - São Paulo Prize for Literature and Prêmio Portugal Telecom
References
External links Rubens Figueiredo entry in the Brazilian Dictionary of Literary Translators