Eric M. B. Becker is a writer, literary translator, and editor. Currently, he serves as digital director and senior editor at Words Without Borders. He has translated numerous authors from the Portuguese, and his work has been recognized by Fulbright, the National Endowment for the Arts, the PEN/Heim Fund, and the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize. His translation of Djaimilia Pereira de Almeida's That Hair was a finalist for the PEN Translation Prize. He is cofounder of the Pessoa Festival a