Esmeralda Ribeiro

Esmeralda Ribeiro (born 1958) is a Brazilian journalist and writer of African descent.[1]

She was born in São Paulo and studied journalism at the University of São Paulo. Ribeiro became a member of Quilombhoje, an Afro-Brazilian literary group, in 1982.[1] Her first poems appeared in the 1982 anthology Cadernos negros (Black notebooks); her first short story "Ogun" appeared in the 1985 anthology. She later worked with Marcio Barbosa as editor for Cadernos negros.[2] Her work was translated into English for the collections Moving Beyond Boundaries, International Dimension of Black Women's Writing and Enfim...Nos/Finally...Us: Escritoras Negras Brasileiras Contemporaneas/Contemporary Black Brazilian Women Writers, both published in 1995.[1]

In 1988, she published a short novel Malungos e milongas.[2]

Ribeiro has also worked for the São Paulo state Secretary of Culture.[1]

References

Oliveira, Emanuelle (2008). Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature. Purdue University Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-1557534859.
Duke, Dawn (2008). Literary Passion, Ideological Commitment: Toward a Legacy of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian Women Writers. pp. 130–32. ISBN 978-0838757062.

External links

Boyce Davies, Carole Elizabeth (2008). Encyclopedia of the African Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture [3 volumes]: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. pp. 801–02. ISBN 978-1851097050.

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[oliveira-1] Oliveira, Emanuelle (2008). Writing Identity: The Politics of Contemporary Afro-Brazilian Literature. Purdue University Press. p. 219. ISBN 978-1557534859.

[duke-2] Duke, Dawn (2008). Literary Passion, Ideological Commitment: Toward a Legacy of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian Women Writers. pp. 130–32. ISBN 978-0838757062.