Ilze Duarte
@ilzeduarte.bsky.social
Writer, PT-EN literary translator | 2024 Sundial House Literary Translation Award | Translations in Words Without Borders, Michigan Quarterly Review, LALT, Asymptote Journal | Author-Member at Betty Books | ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com
It's been one year since the publication of The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud in my translation! Many thanks to Eunice Rodriguez-Ferguson at Sundial House for publishing this work and to my blurbers, reviewers, and readers.
If you haven't read The Book of Affects yet ...
If you haven't read The Book of Affects yet ...
November 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
It's been one year since the publication of The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud in my translation! Many thanks to Eunice Rodriguez-Ferguson at Sundial House for publishing this work and to my blurbers, reviewers, and readers.
If you haven't read The Book of Affects yet ...
If you haven't read The Book of Affects yet ...
Doing the Snoopy happy dance just because it's raining. (I live in northern California.)
October 13, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Doing the Snoopy happy dance just because it's raining. (I live in northern California.)
An excerpt from my translation of The Cabbage Woman, a tender story for young readers about prejudice and the human capacity for acceptance and renewal, by Brazilian author Claudia Nina.
Read more about Nina and her books in the pitches section of my website: www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com.
Read more about Nina and her books in the pitches section of my website: www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com.
October 1, 2025 at 6:56 PM
An excerpt from my translation of The Cabbage Woman, a tender story for young readers about prejudice and the human capacity for acceptance and renewal, by Brazilian author Claudia Nina.
Read more about Nina and her books in the pitches section of my website: www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com.
Read more about Nina and her books in the pitches section of my website: www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com.
An excerpt from Sketch in Stone and Dream, Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud's most recent novel, in my translation. I am seeking a publisher for this novel. Visit the pitches section of my website (www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com) for more information about this and other works by Arnaud.
September 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
An excerpt from Sketch in Stone and Dream, Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud's most recent novel, in my translation. I am seeking a publisher for this novel. Visit the pitches section of my website (www.ilzeduarteliterarytranslator.com) for more information about this and other works by Arnaud.
Ask the translator!
September 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Ask the translator!
Today's book recommendation: A Simple Intervention by Yael Inokai, transltd from German by Marielle Sutherland. In a near future, nurse Meret, a firm believer in the surgical procedure performed to cure patients of their emotional disorders, starts questioning the system.
#WomenInTranslationMonth
#WomenInTranslationMonth
August 20, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Today's book recommendation: A Simple Intervention by Yael Inokai, transltd from German by Marielle Sutherland. In a near future, nurse Meret, a firm believer in the surgical procedure performed to cure patients of their emotional disorders, starts questioning the system.
#WomenInTranslationMonth
#WomenInTranslationMonth
It was such a lovely evening! Thank you, Banter Bookshop, for hosting, Kathleen Wheaton for the great conversation, and everyone who showed up for our THE BOOK OF AFFECTS event.
#WomenInTranslationMonth #shortstorycollection #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters
#WomenInTranslationMonth #shortstorycollection #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters
August 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It was such a lovely evening! Thank you, Banter Bookshop, for hosting, Kathleen Wheaton for the great conversation, and everyone who showed up for our THE BOOK OF AFFECTS event.
#WomenInTranslationMonth #shortstorycollection #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters
#WomenInTranslationMonth #shortstorycollection #Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain, is
tale of government surveillance and book burning and the courage to oppose thought suppression. A wonderful tribute to the power of literature and imagination.
#womenintranslationmonth
tale of government surveillance and book burning and the courage to oppose thought suppression. A wonderful tribute to the power of literature and imagination.
#womenintranslationmonth
August 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa, translated from Arabic by Ranya Abdelrahman and Sawad Hussain, is
tale of government surveillance and book burning and the courage to oppose thought suppression. A wonderful tribute to the power of literature and imagination.
#womenintranslationmonth
tale of government surveillance and book burning and the courage to oppose thought suppression. A wonderful tribute to the power of literature and imagination.
#womenintranslationmonth
It's Women in Translation Month! I'll be posting about works in translation written by women, starting of course with Marilia Arnaud, the brilliant Brazilian writer whose work I translate. Here's my translation of her story collection. I'm seeking a publisher for her novels.
#WomenInTranslationMonth
#WomenInTranslationMonth
August 4, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It's Women in Translation Month! I'll be posting about works in translation written by women, starting of course with Marilia Arnaud, the brilliant Brazilian writer whose work I translate. Here's my translation of her story collection. I'm seeking a publisher for her novels.
#WomenInTranslationMonth
#WomenInTranslationMonth
In two weeks! If you're in the Fremont, CA, won't you join me and @kathleenwheaton.bsky.social at Banter Bookshop for a conversation about Marilia Arnaud's beautiful short story collection The Book of Affects in my translation? It'll be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. August 7 at 7 PM.
July 25, 2025 at 5:40 PM
In two weeks! If you're in the Fremont, CA, won't you join me and @kathleenwheaton.bsky.social at Banter Bookshop for a conversation about Marilia Arnaud's beautiful short story collection The Book of Affects in my translation? It'll be followed by a Q&A session and book signing. August 7 at 7 PM.
It's my pleasure to invite readers in the Fremont, CA area to my book event at Banter Bookshop on Aug 7 at 7 PM. I'll be in conversation with Stegner Fellow Kathleen Wheaton about The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud in my translation. To register, go to banterbookshop.com/events.
July 7, 2025 at 6:02 PM
It's my pleasure to invite readers in the Fremont, CA area to my book event at Banter Bookshop on Aug 7 at 7 PM. I'll be in conversation with Stegner Fellow Kathleen Wheaton about The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud in my translation. To register, go to banterbookshop.com/events.
On this Juneteenth ... on the left, a book I read recently and on the right the book I'm reading now.
#Juneteenth #womenwriters
#Juneteenth #womenwriters
June 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
On this Juneteenth ... on the left, a book I read recently and on the right the book I'm reading now.
#Juneteenth #womenwriters
#Juneteenth #womenwriters
Thank you, readers of The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. If you get a chance, would you leave a review on a site of your choice and DM me about it, please? Thanks in advance!
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters #bookrecommendations
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters #bookrecommendations
June 13, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Thank you, readers of The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. If you get a chance, would you leave a review on a site of your choice and DM me about it, please? Thanks in advance!
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters #bookrecommendations
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #womenwriters #bookrecommendations
An excerpt from Sunflowers in Hell, one of nine short stories in The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. You can buy it on the Columbia University Press site (cup.columbia.edu/.../the-book...) or order it from your usual bookseller.
#brazilianliteratureintranslation #shortstories
#brazilianliteratureintranslation #shortstories
June 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
An excerpt from Sunflowers in Hell, one of nine short stories in The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. You can buy it on the Columbia University Press site (cup.columbia.edu/.../the-book...) or order it from your usual bookseller.
#brazilianliteratureintranslation #shortstories
#brazilianliteratureintranslation #shortstories
Join @joannackalbus.bsky.social and me for this @seniorplanet.bsky.social event on May 27 at 4 PM EDT/1 PM PDT. Joanna will read from her memoir THE BOAT NOT TAKEN and talk her about her journey toward her debut publication at age 84! Link to join the Zoom event: seniorplanet.org/event/author...
May 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Join @joannackalbus.bsky.social and me for this @seniorplanet.bsky.social event on May 27 at 4 PM EDT/1 PM PDT. Joanna will read from her memoir THE BOAT NOT TAKEN and talk her about her journey toward her debut publication at age 84! Link to join the Zoom event: seniorplanet.org/event/author...
Six months since the publication of The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud in my translation! Many thanks to Eunice Rodríguez-Ferguson, Sundial House founder and editor, for publishing the book and to all of you who have read it. If you have, please write a comment to let me know how you liked it.
May 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Six months since the publication of The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud in my translation! Many thanks to Eunice Rodríguez-Ferguson, Sundial House founder and editor, for publishing the book and to all of you who have read it. If you have, please write a comment to let me know how you liked it.
Thrilled to participate in the Sant Jordi USA festival this year again! I'll be in two videos going live during the festival (April 23-26). In one session I read from my latest translation project, in another I interview the lovely Cristina Pinto-Bailey about hers. More details later.
#Brazilianlit
#Brazilianlit
April 15, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thrilled to participate in the Sant Jordi USA festival this year again! I'll be in two videos going live during the festival (April 23-26). In one session I read from my latest translation project, in another I interview the lovely Cristina Pinto-Bailey about hers. More details later.
#Brazilianlit
#Brazilianlit
Fellow Betty @janishubschman.bsky.social's short story collection TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME sold out at AWP! You can secure your copy on the WTAW Press site: www.wtawpress.org/.../take-me-....
#bettybooks #shortstorycollection #womenwriters
@bettybooks.bsky.social @wtawpress.bsky.social
#bettybooks #shortstorycollection #womenwriters
@bettybooks.bsky.social @wtawpress.bsky.social
April 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Fellow Betty @janishubschman.bsky.social's short story collection TAKE ME WITH YOU NEXT TIME sold out at AWP! You can secure your copy on the WTAW Press site: www.wtawpress.org/.../take-me-....
#bettybooks #shortstorycollection #womenwriters
@bettybooks.bsky.social @wtawpress.bsky.social
#bettybooks #shortstorycollection #womenwriters
@bettybooks.bsky.social @wtawpress.bsky.social
The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation, is available from Columbia University Press (cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo...) and other booksellers.
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollection #awardwinningbooks
@columbiaup.bsky.social
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollection #awardwinningbooks
@columbiaup.bsky.social
April 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Book of Affects by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation, is available from Columbia University Press (cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo...) and other booksellers.
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollection #awardwinningbooks
@columbiaup.bsky.social
#brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollection #awardwinningbooks
@columbiaup.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I'm thrilled that THE BOOK OF AFFECTS is out in the world and Marilia Arnaud's beautiful writing is reaching a new audience.
Thank you for reading! Here are some reader responses.
Please share yours.
#Brazilianliterature #literarytranslation #shortstorycollections #readerresponse #SundialHouse
Thank you for reading! Here are some reader responses.
Please share yours.
#Brazilianliterature #literarytranslation #shortstorycollections #readerresponse #SundialHouse
February 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I'm thrilled that THE BOOK OF AFFECTS is out in the world and Marilia Arnaud's beautiful writing is reaching a new audience.
Thank you for reading! Here are some reader responses.
Please share yours.
#Brazilianliterature #literarytranslation #shortstorycollections #readerresponse #SundialHouse
Thank you for reading! Here are some reader responses.
Please share yours.
#Brazilianliterature #literarytranslation #shortstorycollections #readerresponse #SundialHouse
Three months since the publication of The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, in my translation! 💗💗💗 You can order it from Columbia University Press (cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo...) or your local bookstore or elsewhere. 😉
#Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollections
#Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollections
February 24, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Three months since the publication of The Book of Affects by Marilia Arnaud, in my translation! 💗💗💗 You can order it from Columbia University Press (cup.columbia.edu/book/the-boo...) or your local bookstore or elsewhere. 😉
#Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollections
#Brazilianliterature #literatureintranslation #shortstorycollections
So pleased with the events hosted by Sundial House at Casa Hispanica on Feb 12! Joao Nemi and I talked about my translation of The Book of Affects, and then we joined Johnny Lorenz and Juliana Barbassa (blocked by me in the picture--sorry) for a broader discussion of Brazilian lit in translation.
February 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
So pleased with the events hosted by Sundial House at Casa Hispanica on Feb 12! Joao Nemi and I talked about my translation of The Book of Affects, and then we joined Johnny Lorenz and Juliana Barbassa (blocked by me in the picture--sorry) for a broader discussion of Brazilian lit in translation.
Enjoy Rio! I wil be in New York for the official launch of The Book of Affects, by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. 😊 #Brazilianliterature
February 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Enjoy Rio! I wil be in New York for the official launch of The Book of Affects, by Brazilian author Marilia Arnaud, in my translation. 😊 #Brazilianliterature