Hirondina Joshua

Hirondina Joshua (b. Maputo, May 31, 1987), is a Mozambican poet, prose writer and jurist. 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. She participated in the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the largest public celebration of the written word in the world.

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

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

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

Literary projects
Curator of literary column (dissemination of texts and conversations with lusophone authors) Exercícios da Retina

Collaborations in magazines
Among which stands out: Caliban, TriploV, Courier des Afriques.

Palavra Comum, Pessoa, Modern Poetry in Translation, Interpret Magazine.

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.

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.