Daniel Munduruku

Daniel Munduruku at the Gothenburg Book Fair 2014.

Daniel Munduruku (Belém do Pará, February 28, 1964) is a Brazilian writer and educator.[1] He is member of the Munduruku indigenous people. His children's books deal about traditional indigenous life and tales and were awarded several prizes. Munduruku is graduated in Philosophy, History and Psychology. He has a master's degree in Social Anthropology and a doctorate in Education by the University of São Paulo.[2]

Besides being a writer, he worked as a teacher and is involved in many organizations that strive for the culture and literature of the indigenous people of Brazil. Munduruku is president of the Instituto Indígena Brasileiro da Propriedade Intelectual (Brazilian Indigenous Institute of Intellectual Property), director of the Instituto Uk'a - A Casa dos Saberes Ancestrais (Uk'a Institute- The House of Ancient Knowledge) and president of the Academy of Letters of Lorena. He is managing director of the Museu do Índio of Rio de Janeiro.

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