Lya Luft
{{Short description|Brazilian writer and translator (1938–2021)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2015}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Lya Luft
| image = Lya Luft.jpg
| caption = Luft in 2003
| birth_name = Lya Fett
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|09|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Santa Cruz do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|12|30|1938|09|15|df=y}}
| death_place = Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
| occupation = Writer, prolific translator
| alma_mater = PUCRS
}}
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.
Life and career
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. Though raised Lutheran, at the age of 19 Luft converted to Catholicism.{{cite web|title=Lya Luft não narrou luta do feminismo, mas expôs condição da mulher|url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2021/12/lya-luft-nao-narrou-luta-do-feminismo-mas-expos-condicao-da-mulher.shtml|date=30 December 2021|access-date=24 June 2024|publisher=Folha de S.Paulo|language=Portuguese}} 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.{{cite web|title=Lya Luft > Meu Lado Poético|url=https://meuladopoetico.com/poetas/lya-luft|access-date=24 June 2024|language=Portuguese}}
Death
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.{{cite news |title=Escritora Lya Luft morre aos 83 anos em Porto Alegre |url=https://g1.globo.com/rs/rio-grande-do-sul/noticia/2021/12/30/lya-luft-morre-aos-83-anos-em-porto-alegre.ghtml |access-date=30 December 2021 |publisher=Globo.com |date=30 December 2021}}{{Cite news|title=Escritora Lya Luft morre aos 83 anos|url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/cultura-e-lazer/livros/amp/2021/12/escritora-lya-luft-morre-aos-83-anos-ckxt2lcd80019015pdh1g7y7r.html|access-date=30 December 2021|work=GZH}}
Bibliography
Works she produced in Portuguese:
- Canções de Limiar, 1964
- Flauta Doce, 1972
- Matéria do Cotidiano, 1978
- As Parceiras, 1980
- A Asa Esquerda do Anjo, 1981
- Reunião de Família, 1982
- O Quarto Fechado, 1984
- Mulher no Palco, 1984
- Exílio, 1987
- O Lado Fatal, 1989
- O Rio do Meio, 1996
- Secreta Mirada, 1997
- O Ponto Cego, 1999
- Histórias do Tempo, 2000
- Mar de dentro, 2000
- Perdas e Ganhos, 2003
- Histórias de Bruxa Boa, 2004
- Pensar é Transgredir, 2004
- Para não Dizer Adeus, 2005
- O tigre na sombra, 2014
- Coisas humanas, 2020
References
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External links
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- [http://www.ullsteinbuchverlage.de/media/0000001768.jpg Gezeiten des Glücks: Ein erfülltes Leben], Lya Luft. Site in German. Accessed on November 4, 2005.
- [http://www.wordtheque.com/owa-wt/ecommerce.stampa_scheda?hcodice=52046&hlingua=IT L’ALA SINISTRA DELL’ANGELO], a novel by Lya Luft. This site in Italian, was accessed on December 23, 2005.
- [http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,1437528,00.html Lya Luft: "A cultura alemã me influenciou muito"]. Site in Portuguese, accessed on July 2, 2006.
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Category:20th-century Brazilian novelists
Category:20th-century Brazilian women writers
Category:21st-century Brazilian novelists
Category:21st-century Brazilian women writers
Category:People from Santa Cruz do Sul
Category:Brazilian people of German descent
Category:Translators to Portuguese
Category:Brazilian women novelists
Category:Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni
Category:Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul alumni
Category:Brazilian Roman Catholics
Category:Converts to Roman Catholicism from Lutheranism
Category:Deaths from cancer in Rio Grande do Sul
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