Miriam Alves
Miriam Aparecida Alves (born 1952) is a Brazilian writer of African descent.[1]
She was born in São Paulo, earned a degree in Social Work and worked as a social worker for the city of São Paulo.[1]
Her poems and short stories have been included in a number of anthologies, including Axé - Antologia Contemporânea da Poesia Negra Brasileira (Axé - Anthology of Contemporary Brazilian Black poetry) (1982), Razão Da Chama (The Reason of the Flame) (1986) and Moving Beyond Boundaries, International Dimension of Black Women's Writing (1995). Her work has also appeared in the literary journal Callaloo.[1] Alves was a member of Quilombhoje, a group of black writers who published a series of anthologies Cadernos negros (Black notebooks). She was an editor for the bilingual volume Enfim...Nos/Finally...Us: Escritoras Negras Brasileiras Contemporaneas/ Contemporary Black Brazilian Women Writers, published in 1995.[2]
Two collections of her poems have been published: Momentos de busca (Moments of searching) (1983) and Estrelas no dedo (Stars in the fingers) (1985).[2][3]
She was co-author with Arnaldo Xavier and Cuti (Luiz Silva) of a play Terramara.[4]
References
- 1 2 3 Oliveira, Emanuelle (2008). Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature. Purdue University Press. pp. 218–19. ISBN 1557534853.
- 1 2 Miller, Jane Eldridge (2001). Who's who in Contemporary Women's Writing. p. 12. ISBN 0415159806.
- ↑ Boyce Davies, Carole Elizabeth (2008). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture [3 volumes]: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. pp. 81–82. ISBN 1851097058.
- ↑ Duke, Dawn (2008). Literary Passion, Ideological Commitment: Toward a Legacy of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian Women Writers. pp. 125–27. ISBN 0838757065.
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