Between Words
Author: Vera Duarte
Judge, poet, and fiction writer, graduated with a Law Degree from the University of Lisbon. Member of the Cape Verdean Academies of Letters, of Sciences of Lisbon, Gloriense of Letters. Member of the Institute for African Women in Law. Awarded by the Government and the President of the Republic. Received the North-South Human Rights Awards from the Council of Europe; Tchicaya UTamsi of the Poรฉsie Africaine, Sonangol of Literature, Guerra Junqueiro of Literature, and Prรฉmio CPLP Josรฉ Aparecido de Oliveira. She published Amanhรฃ Amadrugada (poetry), O Arquipรฉlago da Paixรฃo (poetry), A Candidata (novel), Preces e Sรบplicas ou os Cรขnticos da Desesperanรงa (poetry), Construindo a Utopia (essays), Ejercicios poรฉticos (poetry), A Palavra e os Dias (chronicles), A Matriarca – uma estรณria de mestiรงagens (novel), De Risos & Lรกgrimas (poetry), A Reinvenรงรฃo do Mar (poetry), Cabo Verde Um Roteiro Sentimental (essays), Naranjas en el Mar (bilingual poetic anthology), Contos Crepusculares – Metamorfoses (short stories), Desassossegos & Acalantos (micro-tales), Vรฉnus Crioula (novel), Urdindo Palavras no Silรชncio dos Dias (poetry) and Josรฉ Mรฃos Limpas (short stories).
Traduรงรฃo: Diniz Borges
Emigrated to the United States from the Azores Islands at the age of 10. He teaches and researches at California State University, Fresno where he directs the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute.ย He writes a weekly column for several newspapers on cultural, social, and political issues in the US and the Portuguese Diaspora experience.
Books Published
โข Amรฉrica: O Outro Lado do Sonho – 1997
โข Uma Outra Amรฉrica – 2001
โข Alfred Lewis: Escritor de Emoรงรตes – 2002
โข Amรฉrica: O Outro Rosto – 2003
โข Nem Sempre a Saudade Chora – 2004 (Second Edition in 2020)
โข O Outro Lado da Saudade – 2005
โข ร Sombra da Saudade – 2019
Translations
โข On a Leaf of Blue – Bilingual Anthology of Azorean Poetry – 2003
โข I No Longer Like Chocolates – translation with K. Baker, 2006
โข My Californian Friends – translation with K. Baker, 2009
โข The Portuguese Presence in California – translation with K. Baker and B. Chamberlain, 2009
โข A Love Story – for a portrait of the Portuguese at Lajes Field and the affections that time left behind, Joel Neto – 2020
โข Calligraphy of the Birds, รngela de Almeida – 2022
โข Through the Walls of Solitude, รlamo Oliveira – 2023
โข Into the Azorean Sea – Bilingual Anthology of Azorean Poetry – 2023
โข History of the Azores – Questions and Answers, Luรญs Mendonรงa – 2023
โข Between Words, Vera Duarte – 2023
ISBN: 9789897354892