Briceida Cuevas
Briceida Cuevas, also known as Briceida Cuevas Cob (born Tepakán, Calkiní, Campeche, Mexico, July 12, 1969) is a Mayan poet. She writes poems about everyday life in Yucatec Maya, many of which have been translated into Spanish, French and English. She is a member of Escritores en Lenguas Indigenas A.C, and a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.
Briceida Cuevas
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- Name
- Briceida Cuevas
- Born
- 12 July 1969
- Birthplace
- Tepakán, Calkiní, Mexico
- Occupation
- Poet
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Briceida Cuevas, also known as Briceida Cuevas Cob (born Tepakán, Calkiní, Campeche, Mexico, July 12, 1969) is a Mayan poet. She writes poems about everyday life in Yucatec Maya, many of which have been translated into Spanish, French and English. She is a member of Escritores en Lenguas Indigenas A.C, and a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.
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• Name — Briceida Cuevas • Born — 12 July 1969 • Birthplace — Tepakán, Calkiní, Mexico • Other Names — Briceida Cuevas Cob • Occupation — Poet
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• Flor y canto: cinco poetas indígenas del sur, INI/UNESCO, Tabasco, 1993. • In pákat yétel júntul t'el: Tumbén Ikʼtʼanil ich Mayaʼ Tʼan (Poesía contemporánea en lengua maya), España, 1994. • U yokʼol auat pekʼ (El quejido del perro en su existencia), Casa Internacional del Escritor, Quintana Roo, 1995. • Jeʼ bix kʼin (Como el sol), 1998. • Las lenguas de América. Recital de poesía, UNAM, La Pluralidad Cultural en México, 2005. • Voci di Antiche Radici, dieci poeti indigeni del Méssico, Trieste, Italia, 2005. • Tiʼ u billil in nookʼ /Del dobladillo de mi ropa, 2008. • U t'íibta'al cháak: u múuch ts'íibil ik'il t'aano'ob yéetel tsikbalo'ob ich Maya yétel kaselan = Escribiendo la lluvia: antología literaria en lengua maya-español. Campeche, 2012. • Lenguas de Mexico: Maya (audio poetry reading by Briceida Cuevas Cob), 2019.
Selected works translated into English
Selected works translated into English
• Four poems by Briceida Cuevas Cob (from U yok’ol auat pek’ ti kuxtal pek’, [The growl of the dog in its existence] • Two Poems [Kite and Owl] • School
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Briceida Cuevas born at Campeche.
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