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O HOMEM das Trinta e Duas Perfeiçoes e Outras Histórias. Lisboa. 1958. - O HOMEM das Trinta e Duas Perfeiçoes e Outras Histórias . Escritos da Literatura Indiana traduzidos por Dom Francisco Garcia S.J., publicados e anotados por José Wicki S.J. Lisboa: Agência Geral do Ultramar, 1958. xxxvi, 342 pp.; 235 mm. A collection of writings from Indian literature translated into Portuguese by the Jesuit Dom Francisco Garcia and published and annotated by the Jesuit José Wicki. According to historiography, Francisco Garcia translated, in the first half of the 17th century, extracts from the Puranas , the Mahabharata , and Indian fables into Portuguese and Latin, and it is this translation work that this edition presents. Francisco Garcia, a native of Alter do Chão and born, it seems, around 1580, was appointed coadjutor to the archbishop of Cranganor in 1636, succeeded Estêvão de Brito in 1641, and governed the archdiocese until his death in 1659. His activity as a translator of Indian texts, along with the position he held in India, makes this work a testament to the interest of a Jesuit prelate in the literature of the region where he exercised his ministry. Unusual. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate