Stephanie Borges

Stephanie Borges (born 29 October 1984) is a Brazilian journalist, poet, and translator.

Biography Stephanie Borges was born in Rio de Janeiro. She graduated in Social Communication at the Fluminense Federal University. She worked for communication agencies and for the publishing houses Cosac Naify and Globo Livros. She translated into Portuguese works by bell hooks, Claudia Rankine and Audre Lorde.

She wrote poems for magazines Escamandro, Ruído Manifesto, Garupa and Pessoa. Her first book, Talvez precisemos de um nome para isto, a reflection on the subjectivity of Black women based on their relationship with their hair, won the Prêmio Cepe Nacional de Literatura in 2018 in the Poetry category.

She participated in the podcast Benzina together with the anthropologist Orlando Calheiros.

Works

Poetry Talvez Precisemos de um Nome Para Isso. Recife: Cepe, 2019.

Translation

VERKAIK, Robert. Jihadi John: Como nasce um terrorista. [Jihadi John: The Making of a Terrorist] Tradução de Stephanie Borges. São Paulo: HarperCollins Brasil, 2017. . MOORE, Darvid Barclay. As estrelas sob os nossos pés [The Stars Beneath Our Feet] Tradução de Stephanie Borges. São Paulo: Plataforma 21, 2018. CLAYTON, Dhonielle. Belles [The Belles]. Tradução de Stephanie Borges. São Paulo: Plataforma 21, 2018. . HOOKS, bell. Olhares negros: raça e representação. [Black Looks: Race and representation] Tradução de Stephanie Borges. São Paulo: Elefante, 2019. LORDE, Audre. Irmã outsider: ensaios e conferências. [Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches] Tradução de Stephanie Borges. São Paulo: Autêntica, 2019. WOODSON, Jacqueline. Um outro Brooklyn. [Another Brooklyn] Tradução de Stephanie Borges. São Paulo: Todavia, 2020.