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. 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.

Books published Individual works 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 , pp. 47–49. 2008. Esperança e Certeza II . Mozambique, published by , 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 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.

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.