The Lusiads in Russia: interview with Olga Ovtcharenko

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2175-3180.v15i29p381-387

Keywords:

Camões, The Lusiads, Portuguese Literature, Russian Language, Translation

Abstract

Olga Ovtcharenko is a Portuguese Literature translator and researcher. Completed her undergraduate degree in 1976 at the State University of Moscow, also known as Lomonosov, in the Philology College, in which she taught between the 80’s-90’s. Between the years 1984 and 1987, she taught Russian language and literature at the Coimbra University, in Portugal. She mainly acts in the area of literary theory of the XX century, history of Portuguese and Russian literatures, and comparative literature studies. Since the end of the 90’s, Ovtcharenko have been dedicating her time to translate a series of Portuguese literature classics which were unprecedented to the Russian public, such as the epic The Lusiads, by Luís de Camões, Eurico, O Presbítero, by Alexandre Herculano, and Viagens na minha terra, by Almeida Garret, and many others; besides the extensive production of articles and commentaries about them; she is also a collaborator of the “Interuniversity Center for Camonian Studies at the University of Coimbra”.

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Author Biographies

  • Rafael Tsukamoto Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo

    Graduando em Letras-Português pela Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo.

  • Mariana Barbieri Vassoler, Universidade de São Paulo

    Bacharel em Letras pela Universidade de São Paulo nas áreas de Língua e Literatura Russa.

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Published

2023-07-08

How to Cite

Oliveira, R. T., & Vassoler, M. B. (2023). The Lusiads in Russia: interview with Olga Ovtcharenko. Revista Desassossego, 15(29), 381-387. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2175-3180.v15i29p381-387