# 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). 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 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

## 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.