Elizabeth Lowe

Elizabeth Lowe, founding director of the Center for Translation Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, has taught and lectured on translation at universities throughout the United States, South America, China and Europe. A specialist in translation pedagogy and theory. Elizabeth translates Luso-Afro Brazilian, Latin American,  and Iberian fiction. Author of The City in Brazilian Literature (1982) and Translation and the Rise of Inter-American Literature (with Earl E. Fitz, 2007),  she has many articles in journals and book chapters on translation criticism and theory. Elizabeth is a recipient of the NEA Literary Translation grant and Fulbright grants to Colombia and Brazil. Her memoir, Translating from the Portuguese: A Life Translated (2025) recounts her life as a translator and her philosophy of translation teaching and practice.