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Hirondina Joshua

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Hirondina Joshua
Joshua in 2023
Joshua in 2023
Born (1987-05-31) May 31, 1987 (age 37)
Maputo, Mozambique
LanguagePortuguese
Alma materEduardo Mondlane University
GenrePoetry, Short Story
Literary movementExperimentalism
Notable awardsExtraordinary mention in Premio Mondiale di Poesia Nósside 2014

Hirondina Joshua (b. Maputo, May 31, 1987), is a Mozambican poet, prose writer and jurist.[1] She is a member of the Mozambican Writers Association ( Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos - AEMO). The book Córtex was translated into Spanish and published in Mexico; In Brazil, her book Os Ângulos da Casa was adapted into a modern dance piece. [2]She participated in the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the largest public celebration of the written word in the world.[3] [4]

Books published

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Individual works

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Poetry

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Short Story

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  • Como Um Levita À Sombra dos Altares. Preface António Cabrita. 2021. Edições Húmus. Colecção 12Catorze. With illustrations by Newton Joaneth.[9]

Anthologies and Collective works

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Has participated in several national and foreign anthologies and texts published in Mozambican newspapers and magazines,[10] Portugal, Angola, Galicia and Brazil.

  • 2005. O Grasnar dos Corvos (Play). Co-authorship.
  • 2006. Esperança e Certeza I . Mozambique, published by Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos [pt], pp. 47–49.
  • 2008. Esperança e Certeza II . Mozambique, published by Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos [pt], pp. 63–65.
  • 2012. A Minha Maputo É... . Mozambique, published by Minerva, pp. 45.
  • 2014. Alquimia Del Fuego, organized by Sarah Schnabel, Santiago Aguaded Landero and Jack Landes. Spain, published by Amargord Ediciones, pp. 481.
  • 2020. Rio das Pérolas, organized by António Martins. Macau, ed. Ipsis Verbis.
  • 2021. Português, Lugar de Escrita - Mulheres Na Poesia. Co-authorship. Organized by Casa Fernando Pessoa [11]
  • 2022. Este imenso mar - Antologia de autores contemporâneos de língua portuguesa. Antologia. Portugal, ed. Camões, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, pp 53.[12]
  • 2022. Ecos de Moçambique - Um século de José Craveirinha. Author Lola Geraldes Xavier. ed. Blucher, pp. 249–250 [13]
  • 2023. A boca no ouvido de alguém, organized by Tiago Alves Costa. Preface Ondjaki. ed. Através [14]
  • 2023. O Concerto das Letras - Contos inspirados em música, organized by Jessica Cardin. Preface Leandro Karnal. Brazil. ed. Tipografia Musical [15]

Literary projects

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Curator of literary column (dissemination of texts and conversations with lusophone authors) Exercícios da Retina[16]

Collaborations in magazines

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Among which stands out: Caliban,[17] TriploV,[18] Courier des Afriques.[19]

Palavra Comum,[20] Pessoa, Modern Poetry in Translation,[21] Interpret Magazine.[22]

International events

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  • 2019 - Participated in the 8th edition of the Macau Literary Festival (The Script Road - Macau Literary Festival).[23][24][25]
  • 2020 - Participated in the 21st edition of the Correntes d'Escritas Literary Festival in Portugal.[26]
  • 2022 - Participated in the XXXVII edition of the Barcelona International Poetry Festival in Spain.[27]
  • 2022 - Participated in the Lisbon Revisited 2022 - Days of Poetry.[28]
  • 2023 - Participated in the Edinburgh International Book Festival.[29]

Awards and distinctions

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  • 2014 - Premio Mondiale di Poesia Nósside: received an honorable mention, offered by UNESCO's international poetry board, with the work Invenção.[30][31][32]
  • 2022 - With the book Córtex, translated into Spanish and published in Mexico through the Translation and Editing Support Line (LATE) 2022, Camões L.P. and the Directorate-General of Books, Archives and Libraries (DGLAB) have set up a Bibliographic Fund for distribution by the Camões I.P. teaching networks.[33][34]

References

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  1. ^ Santos, Telcinia dos (18 October 2016). "Hirondina Joshua, uma promessa da poesia moçambicana, lança primeiro livro". Conexão Lusófona. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "O CÂNONE LITERÁRIO MOÇAMBICANO: três afloramentos". July 16, 2019. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  3. ^ "About - Edinburgh International Book Festival". Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  4. ^ "Hirondina Joshua, Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio & Leïla Slimani: Celebrating African Heritage and Empowering Women". August 25, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Poeta moçambicana lança "Os Ângulos Da Casa"". Vitória News (in Brazilian Portuguese). May 15, 2017. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  6. ^ "JOSHUA, HIRONDINA. OS ÂNGULOS DA CASA. Maputo, África: Fundação Fernando Leite Couto, 2016". Nueva Revista del Pacífico (69): 194–196. 19 December 2018. Retrieved October 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "a estranheza fora da página". Edições Húmus. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  8. ^ "córtex - Livraria Exclamação". Editora Exclamação. Retrieved 22 March 2022.
  9. ^ "como um levita à sombra dos altares". Edições Húmus. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "LANÇAMENTO ANTOLOGIA POESIA MOÇAMBICANA". www.maputo.embaixadaportugal.mne.pt (in European Portuguese). Embaixada de Portugal em Moçambique. December 4, 2018. Archived from the original on April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  11. ^ "Nove poemas de nove mulheres vertidos para diferentes línguas" (in European Portuguese). Casa Fernando Pessoa. May 5, 2021. Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  12. ^ "Este imenso mar - Antologia de autores contemporâneos de língua portuguesa". Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  13. ^ "Ecos de Moçambique - Um século de José Craveirinha". Blucher. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  14. ^ "Lançamento da antologia em língua portuguesa "A boca no ouvido de alguém" de Tiago Alves na Corunha - PGL". Através. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
  15. ^ "O Concerto das Letras - Contos inspirados em música". Tipografia Musical. Retrieved December 17, 2023.
  16. ^ "Exercícios da Retina | Mbenga". Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  17. ^ Cabrita, Antonio (October 30, 2016). "Novas vozes da cultura em Moçambique 3 / Hirondina Joshua". revistacaliban.net (in Portuguese). Revista Caliban. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  18. ^ "Hirondina Joshua". www.triplov.com (in Portuguese). Triplov - Poesia. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  19. ^ Costa, Xóan (October 30, 2015). "LUSOFONÍA – Literatura, a chave de Hirondina Joshua para abrir horizontes – Courrier des Afriques". www.courrierdesafriques.net (in Portuguese). Courrier des Afriques. Archived from the original on April 21, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  20. ^ "Hirondina Joshua - Arquivos". Palavra Comum (in Portuguese). Revista Palavra Comum. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  21. ^ "Wrap It in Leaves: the Food Focus". Modern Poetry in Translation. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  22. ^ "Issue 10 - Interpret Magazine". Interpret Magazine. Retrieved 2023-12-17.
  23. ^ "Hirondina Joshua no festival literário de Macau" (in European Portuguese). February 11, 2019. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  24. ^ "Festival literário de Macau arranca com poesia de Sophia declamada em três línguas" (in Portuguese). Ípsilon. March 15, 2019. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  25. ^ "HIRONDINA JOSHUA" (in Portuguese). Rota das Letras - Festival Literário de Macau. Retrieved April 7, 2019.
  26. ^ ""O livro é fresquíssimo, leitor, é de amanhã!" - C.M. da Póvoa de Varzim" (in Portuguese). February 22, 2020. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  27. ^ "XXXVII FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE POESÍA DE BARCELONA - Barcelona Poesia" (in Portuguese). May 4, 2022. Archived from the original on July 1, 2022. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
  28. ^ "Hirondina Joshua – Moçambique · Casa Fernando Pessoa" (in Portuguese). July 10, 2022. Archived from the original on July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  29. ^ "Hirondina Joshua, Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio & Leïla Slimani: Celebrating African Heritage and Empowering Women". August 25, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  30. ^ Lannes, Paulo (June 4, 2017). "Poeta premiada de Moçambique lança seu primeiro livro no Brasil". www.metropoles.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Metrópoles. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  31. ^ "Poeta moçambicana lança Os Ângulos Da Casa". www.diariodoaco.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). DIÁRIO DO AÇO. May 22, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2019.
  32. ^ "IL XXX PREMIO MONDIALE DI POESIA NOSSIDE" (PDF). www.nosside.org (in Italian). Nosside. November 28, 2014. p. 3. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2019.
  33. ^ "127 obras de autores portugueses apoiadas em 2022 pelo Camões, I.P. e DGLAB através da Linha de Apoio à Tradução e Edição". July 4, 2022. Retrieved August 27, 2022.
  34. ^ "Lista de Obras Apoiadas em 2022" (PDF) (in Portuguese). p. 19. Retrieved August 27, 2022.