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Bruna Dantas Lobato

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Bruna Dantas Lobato is a writer and translator. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Guernica, A Public Space, and The Common. She was awarded the 2023 National Book Award in Translation for The Words that Remain by Stênio Gardel. She was born and raised in Natal, Brazil, and lives in St. Louis, Missouri. Her debut novel, Blue Light Hours, is forthcoming in October 2024 from Grove Atlantic.

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	The Dark Side of Skin by Jeferson Tenório, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.53 avg rating — 14,134 ratings — published 2020 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Words That Remain by Stênio Gardel, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (translator), André Santana (reader) 4.06 avg rating — 6,900 ratings — published 2021 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Tokyo Suite by Giovana Madalosso, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 4,859 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moldy Strawberries by Caio Fernando Abreu, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.12 avg rating — 3,352 ratings — published 1982 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blue Light Hours 3.89 avg rating — 2,767 ratings — published 2024 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	(So What) If I’m a Puta?: Travesti Diaries by Amara Moira (Goodreads Author), Amanda De Lisio (Translator), Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.95 avg rating — 496 ratings — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Violent Phenomena: Essays Toward the Future of Literary Translation – A Bold Manifesto for Reimagining Who Translates World Literature by Kavita Bhanot, Jeremy Tiang, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 4.54 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2022 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collector of Heads by Ana Matsusaki, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No One Slept by Rafael Sica, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.20 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	There's No Point in Dying by Francisco Maciel, Bruna Dantas Lobato (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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