%0 Journal Article %T The recent boom in translations of Ant nio Jos¨¦ da Silva, O Judeu %A Philip KRUMMRICH %J 1611 : Revista de Historia de la Traducci¨®n %D 2010 %I Universitat Aut¨®noma de Barcelona %X This article examines a curious phenomenon: the appearance of six translations of works by the eighteenth-century Portuguese comic playwright Ant nio Jos¨¦ da Silva during the last twenty-two years, when there had been virtually no translations of his works in the previous two and a half centuries. The article examines various possible explanations; it offers no firm conclusions, but suggests some possibilities for further study. %K translation %K Ant nio Jos¨¦ da Silva %K Portuguese theater %K Jewish literature %U http://www.traduccionliteraria.org/1611/art/krummrich2.htm