Lia Wyler
Lia Wyler (October 6, 1934 – December 11, 2018) was a Brazilian translator. Lia graduated with a degree in Literature at PUC-Rio and received her Masters in Communications at Eco-UFRJ, where her thesis was entitled "Translation in Brazil." She was also the author of the first history of translation in Brazil, "Línguas, poetas e bacharéis", ("Languages, Poets, and Scholars"), and she was the president of the National Union of Translators from 1991 to 1993. Wyler died on December 11, 2018, in Rio de Janeiro. Works 

Lia Wyler was born in Ourinhos, in the State of São Paulo. She translated books since 1969. Her translations include works by English-language authors such as Henry Miller, Joyce Carol Oates, Margaret Atwood, Gore Vidal, Tom Wolfe, Sylvia Plath, Stephen King, and many others. However, it was as translator of the Harry Potter series that she became most well known. References 

1934 births
2018 deaths
People from Ourinhos
Brazilian translators
English–Portuguese translators
Harry Potter in translation
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro alumni
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro alumni