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Ana Martins Marques

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Ana Martins Marques
Photography of Ana Martins Marques, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair, wearing a squared spiral patterned blouse, in a book fair.
Ana Martins Marques at the 2014 Gothenburg Book Fair
Born (1977-11-07) November 7, 1977 (age 46)
NationalityBrazilian
Alma materFederal University of Minas Gerais
OccupationPoet

Ana Martins Marques (born November 7, 1977) is a Brazilian poet.

Life

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Marques was born in Belo Horizonte. She has a master's degree in literature and a doctorate in compared literature at the Federal University of Minas Gerais.[1] She works as an editor and proofreader for the Minas Gerais State Legislative Assembly.[2]

Her first book, A vida submarina (2009), is a collection of poems awarded the Prêmio Cidade de Belo Horizonte in 2007 and 2008.[3] She was also awarded the Prêmio Alphonsus de Guimaraens, for her second book, Da arte das armadilhas (2011). In 2013, she wrote a doctoral thesis entitled Paisagem com figuras: fotografia na literatura contemporânea on photography in the literature of poets W.G. Sebald, Bernardo Carvalho, Alan Paul and Orhan Pamuk.[4][5]

Published works

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  • 2009 – A vida submarina (Scriptum)
  • 2011 – Da arte das armadilhas (Companhia das Letras)
  • 2015 – O Livro das Semelhanças (Companhia das Letras)
  • 2016 – Duas Janelas – com Marcos Siscar (Luna Parque Edições)
  • 2017 – Como se fosse a casa (uma correspondência) – with Eduardo Jorge (Relicário)
  • 2019 – Livro dos jardins (Quelonio)
  • 2021 – Risque esta palavra (Companhia das Letras)

Works in English

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  • 2017 – This House: Selected poems by Ana Martins Marques - translated by Elisa Wouk Almino (Scrambler Books)

References

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  1. ^ Gerais, Universidade Federal de Minas. ""A poesia pode dar forma à nossa perplexidade", afirma Ana Martins Marques". Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Ana Martins Marques: 'O poema ensina a não esperar explicações'". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). August 29, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  3. ^ "Poesia sem ancoradouro: Ana Martins Marques | Jardel Dias Cavalcanti | Digestivo Cultural". www.digestivocultural.com. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "Ana Martins Marques - sonoridades poéticas". www.elfikurten.com.br. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  5. ^ Paisagem com figuras: fotografia na literatura contemporânea Archived 2016-11-16 at the Wayback Machine (pdf), Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais