Ivan Junqueira

Ivan Junqueira was a Brazilian poet, essayist and translator. He was a four-time winner of the Jabuti Prize: * in 1995, for the book of poems ''A consecração dos osso'' * in 2005, for his translation of the complete poetry of TS Eliot, published in a bilingual edition * in 2008, for the book of poems ''O outro lado'' in 2008 * in 2010, for the essay ''Cinzas do espólio''

He also received the National Poetry Prize for ''A rainha arcaica'' and the Premio Assis Chateaubriand Prize for the book of essays ''À sombra de Orfeu''.

Junqueira occupied chair number 37 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He died in 2014 at the age of 79. Provided by Wikipedia