David Brookshaw
David Brookshaw

David
Brookshaw

Born in London, David Brookshaw is an emeritus professor at the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol.  He specialises in comparative literature, translation, and postcolonial Portuguese literature.  He has translated works by Mia Couto, and Onésimo Almeida and compiled an anthology of stories by the Portuguese author José Rodriguez.

Born in London, David Brookshaw is an emeritus professor at the School of Modern Languages at the University of Bristol.  He specialises in comparative literature, translation, and postcolonial Portuguese literature.  He has translated works by Mia Couto, and Onésimo Almeida and compiled an anthology of stories by the Portuguese author José Rodriguez.

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