Helen Caldwell (1904-1987) was a scholar and Brazilianist from California. Her work focuses on the 19th century Brazilian writer Machado de Assis. She completed the first English translation of Dom Casmurro, published in 1953.[1] Her most famous work is Machado de Assis: The Brazilian Master and His Novels (University of California, Los Angeles, 1970). She also translated 8 of the 12 stories in The Psychiatrist, and Other Stories[2] (with William L. Grossman for the eponymous novella and three other stories) in 1973.
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Born | (1904-07-09)July 9, 1904 |
Died | April 12, 1987(1987-04-12) (aged 82) |
Nationality | American |
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