Antônio Houaiss

Antônio Houaiss (1915 – 1999) was a Brazilian lexicographer, writer and translator, who served as the Minister of Culture.

He was the son of Lebanese immigrants.

He is best known for his translation of James Joyce's Ulysses, and for supervising the composition of the Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa, one of the major reference dictionaries for the Portuguese language.

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