Dona Emma
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Dona Emma is a town and municipality in the state of Santa Catarina
in the South region of Brazil
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, who translated A. A. Milne
's Winnie the Pooh into Latin, under the title Winnie Ille Pu.
Santa Catarina (state)
Santa Catarina is a state in southern Brazil with one of the highest standards of living in Latin America. Its capital is Florianópolis, which mostly lies on the Santa Catarina Island. Neighbouring states are Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bounded on the east by...
in the South region of Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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Famous people
Here lived the Hungarian born Alexander LenardAlexander Lenard
Alexander Lenard was a Hungarian physician, writer, translator, painter, musician, poet and occasional language instructor. He was born in Budapest, Hungary and died in Dona Emma, Brazil. He is best known as the Latin translator of A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh...
, who translated A. A. Milne
A. A. Milne
Alan Alexander Milne was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.-Biography:A. A...
's Winnie the Pooh into Latin, under the title Winnie Ille Pu.