Eric M. B. Becker

Eric M. B. Becker is the translator of numerous writer from the Portuguese, including Mia Couto, Paulo Coelho, Afonso Henriques de Lima Barreto, and 2016 Nobel nominee Lygia Fagundes Telles, among others. He's received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Fulbright Commission, and PEN America. He is the editor of Words without Borders and lives in New York City.