Amara Moira
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Amara Moira (born 26 February 1985) is a Brazilian writer, literature professor and activist.[1] Moira has a PhD in literary theory from the State University of Campinas[2] and became the first trans woman to obtain the degree from the university using her social name.[1]
Her name is inspired by Homer's Odyssey, in which the Moirai were seers who foresaw a bitter (amara) fate for Ulysses.[3]
Activism and literary production
[edit | edit source]During her doctorate at UNICAMP on the literary production of James Joyce, she began her process of gender transition. She was then 29 years old.[4] She then began working as a prostitute and writing a blog, where she recounted her experiences and those of other colleagues in the profession. This period was the inspiration for the subsequent writing of her book, E se eu fosse puta, released in 2016.[5] Currently, she no longer works as a sex worker, but she supports of the regulation of prostitution in Brazil.[6] In addition, Amara believes that literature is a source of social transformation.[7]
Works
[edit | edit source]Books
[edit | edit source]- 2016 – E se eu fosse puta – Hoo Editora Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 2017 – Vidas trans: a coragem de existir – co-authored by João W. Nery, Márcia Rocha and T. Brant, foreword by Laerte Coutinho and Jaqueline Gomes de Jesus.[8] Editora Alto Astral
- 2021 – Neca + 20 poemetos travessos – Editora O Sexo da Palavra
- 2022 – Y si yo fuera puta – Editorial Mandacaru (translation to Spanish by: Lucía Tennina, Penélope Serafina Chaves Bruera e Amara Moira) Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- 2024 – Neca: romance em bajubá – Companhia das Letras.[9]
Participation in athologies
[edit | edit source]- 2019 – A resistência dos vagalumes – participation with the short story Neca, Editora Nós Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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