Lya Luft
Poet, Person
1938 –
Who is Lya Luft?
Lya Luft is a Brazilian writer, a novelist, a poet, a prolific translator of German descent.
She was also a college professor of linguistics and literature. Luft currently writes an opinion column for Veja magazine. Since her youth she has been living in Porto Alegre.
Luft's hometown, Santa Cruz do Sul is peculiar because it was largely settled by German-speaking immigrants, starting in the first half of the 19th century. The city still has a notable percentage of the population who speaks both German and Portuguese. Lya Luft grew up in such a bilingual environment.
Lya Luft's works have been translated into other European languages, like German, English and Italian, etc.
The English translation by Michael Wolfers of Losses and Gains was published for the first time in the UK by Vermilion in June 2007.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1938
Santa Cruz do Sul - Spouses
- Hélio Pellegrino
(1986 - )
- Hélio Pellegrino
- Ethnicity
- German Brazilian
- Nationality
- Brazil
- Profession
- Lived in
- Rio Grande do Sul
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on July 23, 2013
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