Leonardo Fróes, Brazilian Poet and Translator, Dies at 84

Overview

• The cause of death was not disclosed on Friday.
• Fróes won the 1996 Prêmio Jabuti for Argumentos Invisíveis and later received national translation honors in 1998 and 2008.
• He translated major writers into Portuguese, including Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Jonathan Swift, Goethe, George Eliot and Shelley.
• After years in New York and Europe, he settled in the 1970s on a rural property in Secretário (Petrópolis), dedicating himself to poetry, reforestation and nature columns.
• His work drew renewed attention in recent years through anthologies, a 2016 ovation at FLIP and 2021 releases such as Poesia Reunida and Natureza: a arte de plantar.