Giovanni Pontiero
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Giovanni Pontiero (d. 1997) was a translator of Portuguese fiction, most notably the works of José Saramago. His translation of the Saramago work The Gospel According to Jesus Christ was awarded the Teixiera-Gnomes Prize for Portuguese translation.
During his life he held the title of Reader in Latin-American Literature in the University of Manchester, and was the principle translator into English of the works of Clarice Lispector, and met acclaim for his translation of Lispector's A Hora da Estrela, known in English as The Hour of the Star.
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