Dalton Trevisan

Dalton Trevisan
Born (1925-06-14) 14 June 1925 (age 99)
Curitiba, Brazil
OccupationWriter
Alma materFederal University of Paraná

Dalton Jérson Trevisan (Curitiba, 14 June 1925) is a Brazilian author of short stories.[1] He is described as an "acclaimed short-story chronicler of lower-class mores and popular dramas."[2] Trevisan won the 2012 Prémio Camões, the leading Portuguese-language author prize, valued at €100,000.[3][4][5]

His short stories are inspired in the daily life of his home city of Curitiba, though featuring characters and situations of universal meaning. His extremely concise and refined tales have been called "Haikus in prose". They are often based on dialogue, using a popular language, and underline the torturing and absurd aspects of everyday life. Often brutal, his narratives can be considered the reverse of moral tales, exposing a culture of perversion and violence underlying middle class hypocrisy.[6]

As of 2021, only two of his books have been translated into English, Novels Not at All Exemplary and The Vampire of Curitiba, both in 1972 by translator Gregory Rabassa.[7]

His reclusive behavior, added to his longevity and the content of his work, gave him the nickname "The Vampire of Curitiba".[8]

He graduated from the Federal University of Paraná in legal studies but seldom worked in the law profession.[9]

  1. ^ "Dalton Jérson Trevisan". Recanto das Letras (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. ^ Vieira, Nelson H. (Winter 1990). "World literature in review: Portuguese". World Literature Today. 64 (1): 85. doi:10.2307/40145842. JSTOR 40145842. 9610220281. As Brazil's acclaimed short-story chronicler of lower-class mores and popular dramas, Dalton Trevisan infuses his twenty-second publication with twenty-two narratives of blood-soaked violence, primarily the domestic kind frequently splashed across lurid tabloids that sensationalize the conjugal warfare between oppressive husbands and oppressed wives.
  3. ^ "Literature: Brazilian author Dalton Trevisan awarded "Camões Prize" – Portugal". Portuguese American Journal. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Trevisan e a batalha na ABL | Radar on-line - Lauro Jardim - VEJA.com". 23 June 2013. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Dalton Trevisan distinguido com o Prémio Camões - Cultura - PUBLICO.PT". 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. ^ Oxford Anthology of the Brazilian Short Story.
  7. ^ Lopes, Liliane Mantovani (3 March 2021). "Uma análise da tradução para o inglês de vocábulos recorrentes e preferenciais nas obras Novelas Nada Exemplares e O Vampiro de Curitiba, de Dalton Trevisan, à luz dos estudos da tradução baseados em corpus". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. ^ "15/06/2022 - Aniversário de Dalton Trevisan: O vampiro de Curitiba". www.revistamuseu.com.br. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  9. ^ Almeida, Marco Rodrigo (7 May 2016). "Tímido ao ser abordado em público, Dalton Trevisan afirma não ser quem é". Folha de S. Paulo. Retrieved 3 July 2016.