Clifford E. Landers

Among the more than thirty book-length works Clifford E. Landers has translated from Portuguese are novels by Rubem Fonseca, João Ubaldo Ribeiro, Jorge Amado, Patrícia Melo, Jô Soares, Chico Buarque, Ignácio de Loyola Brandã, Nélida Piñon, Paulo Coelho, Marcos Rey, and José de Alencar. A former Fulbright exchange professor in the Dominican Republic, he is a recipient of the Mario Ferreira award and author of Literary Translation: A Practical Guide, published by Multilingual Matters Ltd. in 2001. A professor emeritus at New Jersey City University, he resides with his wife Vasda Bonafini Landers in Naples, Florida.