Tânia Martins

Tânia Martins ( Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins; born January 23, 1957) is an Afro-Brazilian poet.

Biography Elvira Tânia Lopes Martins was born in Licínio de Almeida, Bahia, on January 23, 1957. Her parents are Edvardes Santana Martins and Ana Evangelina Lopes Martins. Since the 1970s, she is based in Caetité, Bahia.

Martins attended primary school in Licínio de Almeida, coming to Caetité, a city with a centuries-old educational tradition, to study at the intermediate level. She was seated in Chair Number 3 at the "Academia Caetiteense de Letras", whose patron is the educator Anísio Teixeira, joining its first board as secretary. There, she also works in the editorial secretariat, which includes the magazine Selecta Acadêmica, writing verses and editing. In October of the same year, she participated in the production of the book alhos e Retalhos, by the Municipal Department of Education, a pioneering work in the dissemination and encouragement of the art of writing in the public schools of Caetité. In 2005, after almost four years of work, she led in the development of the first edition of the collective book of the "Academia Caetiteense", entitled Broto.

Selected works Folha Solta, 1993 Velas, 2000 Questão de Escolha, 2002 Verso Natural, 2004 Pura Beleza, 2004 O Medo e a Ternura, 2005