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Giovanni Pontiero Books in Order

Giovanni Pontiero (1932–1996) was a Scottish-Italian scholar and translator who taught Latin American literature at the University of Manchester. He wrote studies of Manuel Bandeira, Carlos Nejar, and Eleonora Duse, edited and translated literary works, and contributed essays on literary translation. He is especially known for his English translations of José Saramago and Clarice Lispector.