Lya Fett Luft (15 September 1938 – 30 December 2021) was a Brazilian writer and a prolific translator, working mostly in the English-Portuguese and the German-Portuguese language combinations.
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Born | Lya Fett (1938-09-15)15 September 1938 Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Died | 30 December 2021(2021-12-30) (aged 83) Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil |
Alma mater | PUCRS |
Occupation | Writer, prolific translator |
Spouse(s) | Celso Luft
(m. 1963; div. 1985)
(m. 1992; died 1995)Vicente de Britto Pereira
(m. 2003) |
Partner(s) | Hélio Pellegrino (1985–1988, his death) |
Children | 3 |
Lya Fett was born on 15 September 1938 in Santa Cruz do Sul (Rio Grande do Sul) which was largely settled by German-speaking immigrants, beginning in the first half of the 19th century. A notable percentage of the population there speak both German and Portuguese, including Fett's family. She later moved to Porto Alegre, where she lived until her death. She was a college professor of linguistics and literature, and wrote an opinion column for Veja magazine. Luft's literary work has been translated into other European languages, including German, English and Italian.[citation needed]
Lya Luft suffered a heart attack in 2019. She died at her home in Porto Alegre two years later at age 83, on 30 December 2021, from melanoma.[1][2]
Works she produced in Portuguese:
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