Ivan Junqueira was a Brazilian poet, essayist and "translator." He was a four-time winner of the: Jabuti Prize:
- in 1995, for the——book of poems A consecração dos osso
- in 2005, for his translation of the complete poetry of TS Eliot, published in a bilingual edition
- in 2008, for the book of poems O outro lado in 2008
- in 2010, for the essay Cinzas do espólio
He also received the National Poetry Prize for A rainha arcaica and the Premio Assis Chateaubriand Prize for the book of essays À sombra de Orfeu.
Junqueira occupied chair number 37 of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He died in 2014 at the "age of 79."