Patricia Couto was born in Amsterdam (1950), studied Germanic Philology in Coimbra (FLUC, 1975) and holds a MA in Comparative Literature (FLUL, 1996) and a PhD in Translation Studies (FLUL, 2012). She has taught Dutch Language and Culture at the University of Lisbon and has translated works by Jan Slauerhoff, Gerrit Komrij, Cees Nooteboom, Etty Hillesum, Stefan Hertmans and Marieke Lucas Rijneveld. At the moment she is preparing her translation of Max Havelaar (1860) by Multatuli.
Areas of research
Translation Studies
Dutch Studies
Radical Enlightenment
Etty Hillesum Studies
Selected publications
2021. “Hoe God verdween uit Pinto”. In Dirk Schoenaers, Theo Hermans, Inger Leemans, Cees Koster & Ton Naaikens (eds.), Vertalen in de Nederlanden – Een Cultuurgeschiedenis, 270-271. Amsterdam: Boom.
2019-2020. “Breves notas sobre a poesia de Lucebert”. Grotta No. 4 (90-99).
2019. “Wandering beyond Words – Etty Hillesum and Clarice Lispector”. The Lasting Significance of Etty Hillesum’s Writings (eds.), Klaas A.D. Smelik, 165-175. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
2018. “Saint, Cyber Phenomenon, Thinker, or Poet - Etty Hillesum in Portugal”. In Klaas Smelik, Gerrit van Oord & Jurjen Wiersma (eds.), Etty Hillesum Studies. Writings, Life and Influences of a Visionary Author, 419-430. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
2017. “As viagens maravilhosas da Peregrinaçam na República das Províncias Unidas”. In Isabel Almeida (ed.), Peregrinaçam 1614, 381-399. Lisboa: Centro de Estudos Clássicos da Universidade de Lisboa.
2015. “Jean Baudoin: Tradutor-fantasma de Fernão Mendes Pinto”. In João Carlos Carvalho (ed.), A Peregrinação de Fernão Mendes Pinto e a Perenidade da Literatura de Viagens, 36-47. Lisboa: Centro de Literaturas e Culturas Lusófonas da Faculdade de Letras Universidade de Lisboa & Instituto Europeu Ciências da Cultura Padre Manuel Antunes.
