BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:EventsCalendar PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York LAST-MODIFIED:20240422T053451Z TZURL:https://www.tzurl.org/zoneinfo-outlook/America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:College of Arts and Sciences DESCRIPTION:The Translator's Memoir: Reflection on an Embodied Art This session will feature a reading from Eliz abeth Lowe's recent memoir, Translating from the Portuguese: A Life Transl ated (Tagus Press, 2025), followed by a conversation with the UMass Dartmo uth community of students and scholars on the translator's memoir as a gen re and as a testimony to the agency and vital role of the literary transla tor as a creative writer, communicator, and educator in today's fractured world. Elizabeth will speak about translation as an embodied art form: how the lived experience of the translator—particularly location and geogra phy shapes her life, how she works with language, and the body of her wo rk. She will give details on her relationship with the Brazilian and Portu guese writers she has worked with, including the iconic Clarice Lispector and younger writers such as J.P. Cuenca. The event will offer meaningful i nsights into sustaining and sustainable practices from a prolific translat or and leading voice in the field of literary translation.Elizabeth Lowe h as translated over thirty works by Lusophone writers from Brazil, Portugal and Africa. She was one of the first to translate Jorge Amado, Clarice Li spector, Rubem Fonseca, Nélida Piñon, and António Lobo Antunes. She is a professor in the New York University Master’s in Translation. \nEvent page: https://www.umassd. edu/events/cms/-ferreira-mendes-portuguese-american-archives-and-the-cente r-for-portuguese-studies-and-culture-event.php X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Translator's Memoir: Reflec tion on an Embodied Art

T his session will feature a reading from Elizabeth Lowe's recent memoir\, T ranslating from the Portuguese: A Life Translated (Tagus Press\, 2025)\, f ollowed by a conversation with the UMass Dartmouth community of students a nd scholars on the translator's memoir as a genre and as a testimony to th e agency and vital role of the literary translator as a creative writer\, communicator\, and educator in today's fractured world. Elizabeth will spe ak about translation as an embodied art form: how the lived experience of the translator—particularly location and geography shapes her life\, h ow she works with language\, and the body of her work. She will give detai ls on her relationship with the Brazilian and Portuguese writers she has w orked with\, including the iconic Clarice Lispector and younger writers su ch as J.P. Cuenca. The event will offer meaningful insights into sustainin g and sustainable practices from a prolific translator and leading voice i n the field of literary translation.

Elizabeth Lowe has transla ted over thirty works by Lusophone writers from Brazil\, Portugal and Afri ca. She was one of the first to translate Jorge Amado\, Clarice Lispector\ , Rubem Fonseca\, Nélida Piñon\, and António Lobo Antunes. She is a pro fessor in the New York University Master’s in Translation.

Event page: ht tps://www.umassd.edu/events/cms/-ferreira-mendes-portuguese-american-archi ves-and-the-center-for-portuguese-studies-and-culture-event.php

DTSTAMP:20260407T192039 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260414T193000 LOCATION:Ferreira-MendesPortuguese-American Archives SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-us: Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives and th e Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Event UID:dbee1932e3987822c6cf36643e6456c7@www.umassd.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR