Maria Elsa da Rocha
| Maria Elsa Gertrudes da Rocha | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1924 Aldoná |
| Died | 2007 |
| Occupation | Short story writer, Poet |
Maria Elsa da Rocha was a Goan short-story writer and poet in Portuguese.
Life
Maria Elsa da Rocha was a school teacher by profession, which took her all over Goa (and Damão). The experiences she accrued would feed into her stories, which were also often based on hearsay and anecdotes.
Works
Throughout the 1960s, Rocha contributed short stories to the Margão-based Portuguese language newspaper A Vida, in which she co-edited a cultural page together, and the Portuguese-language programme 'Renascença' broadcast on All-India Radio.
In 2005 a collection of her short stories appeared under the title Vivências Partilhadas [Shared Lives].[1]
Vivências Partilhadas
Vivências Partilhadas provides widest range of representations of the Goan subaltern in Portuguese-language Goan literature post-1961, with a particular focus on the experiences of women,[2] though this deep-seated sympathy at times appears to be at cross-purposes with a certain social conservatism.[3] Rocha's writing is notable for the use she makes of particularly Goan-inflected Portuguese and the considerable use of Konkani in her dialogues.
References
- ↑ Panjim, Goa: Third Millennium, 2006.
- ↑ Paul Melo e Castro, 'How the Other Half Live: The Goan Subaltern in the Stories of Vimala Devi, Maria Elsa da Rocha and Epitácio Pais', in Portuguese Language and Literature in Goa: Past, Present and Future, Carmo D'Souza (ed.), Margão, India: CinnamonTeal, 2014, pp.26-32.
- ↑ Hélder Garmes and Paul Melo e Castro 'Lirismo e Conservadorismo na Arena Política: o conto "Shivá, brincando..." da escritora goesa Maria Elsa da Rocha'. Revista Abril, 4.6 (2011), pp.77-87
Bibliography
Maria Elsa da Rocha. Vivências Partilhadas. Panjim, India: Third Millennium, 2005.