Hirondina Joshua
Hirondina Joshua (b. Maputo, May 31, 1987), is a Mozambican poet, prose writer and jurist. She graduated in Law from the Eduardo Mondlane University.
Also recorded as Hirondina Juliana Francisco Joshua
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- Name
- Hirondina Joshua
- Birthplace
- Maputo, Mozambique
- Education
- Eduardo Mondlane University
- Movement
- Experimentalism
- Awards
- Extraordinary mention in Premio Mondiale di Poesia Nósside 2014
- Born
- 1987 · Maputo.
- Nationality
- Mozambique
- Occupation
- poet
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Hirondina Joshua (b. Maputo, May 31, 1987), is a Mozambican poet, prose writer and jurist. She graduated in Law from the Eduardo Mondlane University.
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Biography
Biography
She is a member of the Mozambican Writers Association (Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos - AEMO). One of the best voices of his generation. Translated into several languages. In Brazil, her book Os Ângulos da Casa was adapted into a modern dance piece. She participated in the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the largest public celebration of the written word in the world.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Hirondina Joshua • Birthplace — Maputo, Mozambique • Language — Portuguese • Education — Eduardo Mondlane University • Genre — Poetry, Short Story • Movement — Experimentalism • Awards — Extraordinary mention in Premio Mondiale di Poesia Nósside 2014 • Website — http: hirondinajoshua.com/
Poetry
Poetry
• Os Ângulos da Casa. Preface Mia Couto. 2016. 1a. edição. Moçambique, ed. Fundação Fernando Leite Couto. • A Estranheza Fora da Página. Co-authored with Ana Mafalda Leite. 2021. Edições Húmus. Colecção 12Catorze. • Córtex. Preface Joana Bértholo. 2021. Editora Exclamação.
Short Story
Short Story
• Como Um Levita À Sombra dos Altares. Preface António Cabrita. 2021. Edições Húmus. Colecção 12Catorze. With illustrations by Newton Joaneth.
Anthologies and Collective works
Anthologies and Collective works
Has participated in several national and foreign anthologies and texts published in Mozambican newspapers and magazines, 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, pp. 47–49. • 2008. Esperança e Certeza II. Mozambique, published by Associação dos Escritores Moçambicanos, 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 • 2022. Este imenso mar - Antologia de autores contemporâneos de língua portuguesa. Antologia. Portugal, ed. Camões, Instituto da Cooperação e da Língua, pp 53. • 2022. Ecos de Moçambique - Um século de José Craveirinha. Author Lola Geraldes Xavier. ed. Blucher, pp. 249–250 • 2023. A boca no ouvido de alguém, organized by Tiago Alves Costa. Preface Ondjaki. ed. Através • 2023. O Concerto das Letras - Contos inspirados em música, organized by Jessica Cardin. Preface Leandro Karnal. Brazil. ed. Tipografia Musical
International events
International events
• 2019 - Participated in the 8th edition of the Macau Literary Festival (The Script Road - Macau Literary Festival). • 2020 - Participated in the 21st edition of the Correntes d'Escritas Literary Festival in Portugal. • 2022 - Participated in the XXXVII edition of the Barcelona International Poetry Festival in Spain. • 2022 - Participated in the Lisbon Revisited 2022 - Days of Poetry. • 2023 - Participated in the Edinburgh International Book Festival. • 2024 - Participated in the Jornadas Luso-Andaluzas de Poesía.
Identity
Identity
Hirondina Joshua is recorded as poet.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1987
Hirondina Joshua born at Maputo.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q30935108: Hirondina Joshua
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- “Hirondina Joshua”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Os ângulos da casa que habita em mim: a poética de Hirondina Joshua, Mulemba, 2019
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2019
Awards and distinctions
• 2014 - Premio Mondiale di Poesia Nósside: received an honorable mention, offered by UNESCO's international poetry board, with the work Invenção. • 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.
Literature
Literature
Literature
Da casa ao vácuo: a cartografia do espaço nos poemas de Hirondina Joshua e Mbate Pedro, Mulemba, 2019
Scholarly footprint
Literature
Scholarly footprint
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- 1.Santos, Telcinia dos. Hirondina Joshua, uma promessa da poesia moçambicana, lança primeiro livro. Conexão Lusófona. 18 October 2016.
- 2.O CÂNONE LITERÁRIO MOÇAMBICANO: três afloramentos. July 16, 2019.
- 3.About - Edinburgh International Book Festival.
- 4.Hirondina Joshua, Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio & Leïla Slimani: Celebrating African Heritage and Empowering Women. August 25, 2023.
- 5.Poeta moçambicana lança "Os Ângulos Da Casa". Vitória News. May 15, 2017.
- 6.JOSHUA, HIRONDINA. OS ÂNGULOS DA CASA. Maputo, África: Fundação Fernando Leite Couto, 2016. Nueva Revista del Pacífico. 69. 194–196. 19 December 2018.
- 7.Edições Húmus. a estranheza fora da página.
- 8.Editora Exclamação. córtex - Livraria Exclamação.
- 9.Edições Húmus. como um levita à sombra dos altares.
- 10.Embaixada de Portugal em Moçambique. LANÇAMENTO ANTOLOGIA POESIA MOÇAMBICANA. www.maputo.embaixadaportugal.mne.pt. December 4, 2018.
- 11.Casa Fernando Pessoa. Nove poemas de nove mulheres vertidos para diferentes línguas. May 5, 2021.
- 12.Este imenso mar - Antologia de autores contemporâneos de língua portuguesa.
- 13.Blucher. Ecos de Moçambique - Um século de José Craveirinha.
- 14.Através. Lançamento da antologia em língua portuguesa "A boca no ouvido de alguém" de Tiago Alves na Corunha - PGL.
- 15.Tipografia Musical. O Concerto das Letras - Contos inspirados em música.
- 16.Hirondina Joshua no festival literário de Macau. February 11, 2019.
- 17.Ípsilon. Festival literário de Macau arranca com poesia de Sophia declamada em três línguas. March 15, 2019.
- 18.Rota das Letras - Festival Literário de Macau. HIRONDINA JOSHUA.
- 19."O livro é fresquíssimo, leitor, é de amanhã!" - C.M. da Póvoa de Varzim. February 22, 2020.
- 20.XXXVII FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE POESÍA DE BARCELONA - Barcelona Poesia. May 4, 2022.
- 21.Hirondina Joshua – Moçambique · Casa Fernando Pessoa. July 10, 2022.
- 22.Hirondina Joshua, Lucía Asué Mbomío Rubio & Leïla Slimani: Celebrating African Heritage and Empowering Women. August 25, 2023.
- 23.Jornadas Luso-Andaluzas de Poesía.
- 24.Lannes, Paulo. Poeta premiada de Moçambique lança seu primeiro livro no Brasil. www.metropoles.com. Metrópoles. June 4, 2017.
- 25.DIÁRIO DO AÇO. Poeta moçambicana lança Os Ângulos Da Casa. www.diariodoaco.com.br. May 22, 2017.
- 26.Nosside. IL XXX PREMIO MONDIALE DI POESIA NOSSIDE. www.nosside.org. 3. November 28, 2014.
- 27.127 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.
- 28.Lista de Obras Apoiadas em 2022. 19.
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