Author: Vera Duarte
Judge, poet, and fiction writer, graduated with a Law Degree from the University of Lisbon. Member of the Cape Verdean Academies of Letters, of Sciences of Lisbon, Gloriense of Letters. Member of the Institute for African Women in Law. Awarded by the Government and the President of the Republic. Received the North-South Human Rights Awards from the Council of Europe; Tchicaya UTamsi of the Poésie Africaine, Sonangol of Literature, Guerra Junqueiro of Literature, and Prémio CPLP José Aparecido de Oliveira. She published Amanhã Amadrugada (poetry), O Arquipélago da Paixão (poetry), A Candidata (novel), Preces e Súplicas ou os Cânticos da Desesperança (poetry), Construindo a Utopia (essays), Ejercicios poéticos (poetry), A Palavra e os Dias (chronicles), A Matriarca – uma estória de mestiçagens (novel), De Risos & Lágrimas (poetry), A Reinvenção do Mar (poetry), Cabo Verde Um Roteiro Sentimental (essays), Naranjas en el Mar (bilingual poetic anthology), Contos Crepusculares – Metamorfoses (short stories), Desassossegos & Acalantos (micro-tales), Vénus Crioula (novel), Urdindo Palavras no Silêncio dos Dias (poetry) and José Mãos Limpas (short stories).
Tradução: Diniz Borges
Emigrated to the United States from the Azores Islands at the age of 10. He teaches and researches at California State University, Fresno where he directs the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute. He writes a weekly column for several newspapers on cultural, social, and political issues in the US and the Portuguese Diaspora experience.
Books Published
• América: O Outro Lado do Sonho – 1997
• Uma Outra América – 2001
• Alfred Lewis: Escritor de Emoções – 2002
• América: O Outro Rosto – 2003
• Nem Sempre a Saudade Chora – 2004 (Second Edition in 2020)
• O Outro Lado da Saudade – 2005
• Uma Década Perdida – 2012
• À Sombra da Saudade – 2019
Translations
• On a Leaf of Blue – Bilingual Anthology of Azorean Poetry – 2003
• I No Longer Like Chocolates – translation with K. Baker, 2006
• My Californian Friends – translation with K. Baker, 2009
• The Portuguese Presence in California – translation with K. Baker and B. Chamberlain, 2009
• A Love Story – for a portrait of the Portuguese at Lajes Field and the affections that time left behind, Joel Neto – 2020
• Calligraphy of the Birds, Ângela de Almeida – 2022
• Through the Walls of Solitude, Álamo Oliveira – 2023
• Into the Azorean Sea – Bilingual Anthology of Azorean Poetry – 2023
• History of the Azores – Questions and Answers, Luís Mendonça – 2023
• Between Words, Vera Duarte – 2023
ISBN: 9789897354892
