José Lira
B. A., EFL teacher, writer, poet, translator
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE)
Recife PE - BRAZIL
Rua dos Navegantes, 2563/304-B
51020-011 Recife PE
BRAZIL
ortig@ig.com.br

Publications

"A invenção da rima na tradução de Emily Dickinson", in Cadernos de Tradução no. VI, 2000/2, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC).

"Teaching Emily Dickinson's Poetry to EFL Students". Recife: Faculdade de Filosofia do Recife (FAFIRE), 2000 (Postgraduation monograph).

"Since you went away", in Breves Histórias do Brazil. Recife: Literart, l999 (a short story based in a translation of poem J449).

Work in Progress

"Emily Dickinson e a poética do estranhamento". MA dissertation, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE).

Translation (into Portuguese) of 500 Emily Dickinson's poems (More than half of the selected poems already translated).

Research Interests

Applied Linguistics
Translation Studies