Josely Vianna Baptista

Poet, translator, and editor. Author of Ar, Corpografia (Iluminuras, 1991/92), Cadernos da Ameríndia (Tip. de Ouro Preto, 1996), A Concha das Mil Coisas Maravilhosas do Velho Caramujo (Mirabilia, 2001, VI Prémio Intern. del Libro Ilustrado Infantil y Juvenil do Gov. do México), On the shining screen of the eyelids (SF, Manifest, 2003, Prêmio Creative Works Fund), Los poros floridos (Mx., Aldus, 2002), Musa paradisiaca (Mirabilia, 2004), Sol sobre nuvens (Perspectiva, 2007), and Roça barroca (Cosac Naify, 2011/UNAM, 2018/Editora do SESI-SP, 2018; Prêmio Jabuti 2012), among others. She is included in The Oxford Book of Latin American Poetry (NY, Oxford Univ. Press, 2009). Creator of the concept-site http://natelarutiladaspalpebras.telarutila.com/index.html