TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: Leonardo Garzaro (Editor Rua du Sabao) - Publisher of Cecilia Brainard's Foreign Translation

Leonardo Garzaro

On October 17, 2025, at 1 pm, at the Frankfurt Book Fair, seven international publishers and I will gather at the Pilipinas Stage, Philippine Stand Hall 5.1 A95 & B95 to celebrate the translations they have done of my fiction.

To honor these publishers who are working hard to finish their translations for FBM25, I'm going to highlight each one of them in my blog. I'll be posting the covers of the book, in the various editions. If the featured publisher's cover isn't done yet, check back in.

Meet Leonardo Garzaro who is translating into Portuguese my Selected Short Stories and my World War II novel, When the Rainbow Goddess Wept.

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Leonardo Garzaro, who hails from Sao Paulo, Brazil, published Brainard’s Selected Short Stories and her novel When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, under the imprint of his publishing house Editor Rua du Sabao.

Leonardo Garzoro, who is a writer himself, has published dozens of books, including his recent novel, The Guardian of Names, which was published in four countries and was nominated for the Jabut Award for Literature. He currently writes for two of Brazil’s largest newspapers, PublishNews and the Valor Economico. He is also a Brazilian literature consultant for the publishers in Argentina, Mexico; Ecuador, and the Turkish agency Introtema.

Selected Short Stories by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Winner 40th Philippine National Book Award and Cirilo Bautista Prize

Finalist Gintong Aklat Award

Cover study by Prozart Media (North Macedonian)

When the Rainbow Goddess Wept by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

A beautifully written novel in which the words flow smoothly across the pages, weaving a story that is half lyrical myth and half brutal reality. Enchanting throughout, this novel will mesmerize the reader right up until its victorious ending. ~ Booklist