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VALDECK ALMEIDA DE JESUS is a federal government employee born on March 15th of 1966 in Jequié, Bahia, where he lived until six years old and then moved out to the Tourmaline Ranch (a region located in Itagibá, Bahia), where he kept studying until his 12 years old.

An exemplary student, Valdeck returned to Jequié to follow 5th grade of Elementary School. He started following Nursery Course at Southwest University of Bahia State in 1990 and gave up later. He was admitted in Literature School in the same university on the next year and concluded only the first semester.

Owing to financial reasons and other causes Valdeck decided to move out to Salvador, where he resides since February of 1993. In the capital city he followed Computing, Human Relations and Photography courses. He followed yet a Spanish course in Madrid for a period of two months and an intensive English course in New York, also for two months, completing the three years of English course he had started in Salvador.

On 2003 he started following Tourism course, which he dropped after three semesters, at São Salvador University. Later on time, he followed a theater course for one and a half years.

His abilities in the literary area worth him a Honorable Mention in 1989 in the 1st National Poetry Contest, promoted by the International Institute for Poetry of Porto Alegre, in Rio Grande do Sul and in the Oswald de Andrade Literary Contest, promoted by Southwest University of Bahia State in 1990, in Jequié, Bahia. His tale “Word” was approved to be published in an anthology, result of a contest named “Bahia de Todas as Letras – 2007” promoted by Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, and his tale “Alice” was approved to be published in an anthology, result of the first literature contest promoted by Sindicato dos Trabalhadores do Poder Judiciário Federal da Bahia.

Poems published in anthologies:

Poetas Brasileiros de Hoje -1984, Shogun Arte, Rio de Janeiro, 1984.

Transcendental, Editora Gráfica da Bahia, Salvador, 1986.

II Antologia Cultural: 500 Anos de Língua Portuguesa no Brasil, Clube de Letras, Barra Bonita/SP, 2005.

Antologia de Poetas Brasileiros Contemporâneos, 14º volume, Câmara Brasileira de Jovens Escritores, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

Antologia de Poetas Brasileiros Contemporâneos, 15º volume, Câmara Brasileira de Jovens Escritores, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

Letras Libertas - Contos, Crônicas e Poesias - Vol 2, Ilha das Letras, Santa Catarina, 2005.

XV Concurso Internacional Literário de Verão, Agiraldo, São Paulo 2005.

Sangue, Suor e Lágrimas, Arnaldo Giraldo, São Paulo, 2006.

Palavras que Falam, Scortecci, São Paulo, 2005.

Todas as Formas de Amar, Casa do Novo Autor, São Paulo, 2005.

O Amor na Literatura, São Paulo, Casa do Novo Autor, 2005.

Livro de Ouro da Poesia Brasileira Contemporânea, Câmara Brasileira do Jovem Escritor, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

VII Antologia Nau Literária, Komedi, Campinas/SP, 2005.

Poetry Vibes, Poetry Vibes, Ohio, USA, 2005.

20 Anos de Poesia - Caderno 32, Oficina, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

Pérgula Literária - VII, EVSA, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

Amor, Sublime Amor, Litteris, Rio de Janeiro, 2006.

Ensaios Poéticos, Academia Virtual Brasileira de Letras, Rio de Janeiro, 2005.

X Coletânea Komedi, Komedi, Campinas/SP, 2006.

Palavras Libertas, Roma, Uberlândia/MG, 2007.

Participation in the 5th Social Global Forum in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, from January 26th to 31st of 2005.

Exhibitioner, as independent writer, in the 7th Book Show of Bahia, on September of 2005, and April 2007, in Salvador/Ba.

Founder and President of the First Official Fan Club of Jean Wyllys, which website on the World Wide Web is www.jeanwyllys.com

Published books:

Heartache Poems. A Brazilian Gay Man Coming Out from the Closet, iUniverse, New York, USA, 2004.

Feitiço Contra o Feiticeiro, Scortecci, São Paulo 2005.

Jamais Esquecerei do Brother Jean Wyllys, together with Edmar José Mascarenhas da Silva and Karina Schill, Casa do Novo Autor, São Paulo, 2005.

Memorial From Brazilian Hell. The Saga of The Almeida Family in the Garden of Eden, 1st edition, Scortecci, São Paulo, 2005.

Memorial From Brazilian Hell. The Saga of The Almeida Family in the Garden of Eden, 2st edition, Giz Editorial, São Paulo, 2007.

1ª Antologia Poética Valdeck Almeida de Jesus, Casa do Novo Autor, São Paulo, 2006.

2ª Antologia Poética Valdeck Almeida de Jesus, Casa do Novo Autor, São Paulo, 2007.

3ª Antologia Poética Valdeck Almeida de Jesus, Scortecci, São Paulo, 2008.

30 anos de poesia, Câmara Brasileira do Jovem Escritor, Rio de Janeiro, 2008.

Valdeck é Prosa e Vanise é Poesia, Câmara Brasileira do Jovem Escritor, Rio de Janeiro, 2007.

The author has poems published in wide selling newspapers from the Salvador city and inner state of Bahia, besides newspapers from Brasília DC;

Collaborator since 1985 of A Prosa newspaper, from Brasília DC.

Organizer of the Antologia Poética Valdeck Almeida de Jesus Project, which publishes works of poets from all over Brazil and other Portuguese spoken countries in a yearly edition, on its fourth year.

Member of the Canadian Federation of Poets since 2004 and member of the Brazilian Union of Writers since 2005.

Active participant during the 80’s of the Regional Directorship of the Communist Party of Brazil in Jequié, Bahia. On 1987 he was elected the first press director of the Dinaelza Cordeiro Students Club, of the Régis Pacheco Educational Institute and founder of the Jornada Estudantil newspaper.

Poet and writer, son of Paula Almeida de Jesus and João Alexandre de Jesus, now deceased.

Personal website www.galinhapulando.com (in Portuguese)