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Paulo Rónai

パウロ・ロナイ

Pauro Rónai

Aliases: Rónai Pál / Pál Rónai

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1907-04-13 (Budapest)
Died
1992-12-01 (Nova Friburgo) age 85
Nationality
Hungarian, Brazilian
Languages
Hungarian, Portuguese, French, Italian
Religion
Judaism
Residence History
Budapest, Hungary → France → Italy → Brazil (Rio de Janeiro state)

Career

Occupations
Translator, Philologist, Literary critic
Active Years
1925-1992
Affiliations
Editora Globo
Influenced By
Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira, Cecília Meireles, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Guimarães Rosa

Awards

Prêmio Machado de Assis
1983
Organization: Academia Brasileira de Letras
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mar de Histórias

Short story anthology

Anthology collecting hundreds of short stories translated into Portuguese

MulticulturalismTranslated literature

Comédie Humaine

Edited and annotated edition

Organized and edited a commented, reviewed, and annotated version of Balzac's Comédie Humaine

French literatureClassics

Legacy

Hungarian-born Brazilian translator and philologist known for his translations into Portuguese and contributions to Brazilian literary criticism.

Trivia

  • Born into a Jewish family.
  • Married to Nora Tausz, with daughters Cora Rónai (journalist and writer) and Laura Rónai (baroque flutist).