Paulo Rónai (; 13 April 1907 - 1 December 1992) was a Hungarian-

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

ian

translator Translation is the communication of the meaning of a source-language text by means of an equivalent target-language text. The English language draws a terminological distinction (which does not exist in every language) between ''trans ...

philologist Philology () is the study of language in oral and written historical sources. It is the intersection of textual criticism, literary criticism, history, and linguistics with strong ties to etymology. Philology is also defined as the study of ...

, and

critic A critic is a person who communicates an assessment and an opinion of various forms of creative works such as Art criticism, art, Literary criticism, literature, Music journalism, music, Film criticism, cinema, Theater criticism, theater, Fas ...

Biography

Rónai Pál was born in the Hungarian capital

Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ...

into a Jewish family. He completed his primary studies in his native country, but also studied in France and Italy before transferring to Brazil due to World War II. There, he developed friendly relations with

Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira Aurélio Buarque de Holanda Ferreira (May 3, 1910 – February 28, 1989) was a Brazilian lexicographer, philologist, translator, and writer, best known for editing the '' Novo Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa'', a major dictionary of the Port ...

- with whom he signed several works -, Cecília Meireles,

Carlos Drummond de Andrade Carlos Drummond de Andrade () (October 31, 1902 – August 17, 1987) was a Brazilian poet and writer, considered by some as the greatest Brazilian poet of all time. He has become something of a national cultural symbol in Brazil, where his wi ...

Guimarães Rosa Guimarães () is a city and municipality located in northern Portugal, in the district of Braga. Its historic town centre has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001, in recognition for being an "exceptionally well-preserved a ...

, among others. His works include the translations into Portuguese of the hundreds of short stories collected in the anthology ''Mar de Histórias'' (Ed. Nova Fronteira), as well as organising and editing a commented, reviewed and annotated version of Balzac's ''Comedie Humaine'' by

Editora Globo Editora Globo S.A. is a Brazilian publishing house, property of :pt:Fundação Roberto Marinho, Fundação Roberto Marinho. It began as a bookstore called Livraria do Globo, created in Porto Alegre, in December 1883, by Laudelino Pinheiro de Barc ...

. Ronai was married to Nora Tausz, with whom he had two daughters,

Cora Rónai Cora Tausz Rónai (born 31 July 1953) is a Brazilian writer, journalist and photographer. Biography Cora Rónai was born in Rio de Janeiro, daughter of Hungarian-born writer Paulo Rónai and architect and swimmer Nora Tausz Rónai. She started ...

, journalist and writer, and Laura Rónai, baroque flutist and professor at the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

Awards

*1983

Prêmio Machado de Assis The Prêmio Machado de Assis (the Machado de Assis Prize) is a literary prize awarded by the Brazilian Academy of Letters, and possibly the most prestigious literary award in Brazil. The prize was founded in 1941, named in memory of the novelist ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ronai, Paulo 1992 deaths Brazilian translators Brazilian Jews Hungarian emigrants to Brazil Hungarian Jews Hungarian–Portuguese translators French–Portuguese translators Portuguese–French translators 1907 births 20th-century translators Writers from Budapest