CIDA PEDROSA
Cida Pedrosa is a poet, short story writer, reciter, and city councilwoman in Recife. She was born in 1963 in Bodocó, in the Sertão region of Pernambuco. She came to Recife in 1978 to study and became an activist in the important and recognized Independent Writers Movement of Pernambuco. She was also a member of the Vozes Femininas collective, which recited and performed poems with a gender focus in the 1980s.
With 10 books of poetry published (Estesia-2020; Solo Para Vialejo-2019; Gris-2018; Claranã-2017 and 2015; Miudos-2011; As Filhas de Lilith-2017 and 2009; Gume-2005; Cântaro-2000; O Cavaleiro da Epifania-1986 and Restos do Fim-1982), and several nominations for literary awards, in 2020 he won the most important national literary prize, the Jabuti, in the Poetry and Book of the Year categories, with the book Solo Para Vialejo, published by the Pernambuco-based publisher CEPE.
Cida Pedrosa, who also has experience as an editor and curator of literary events, is the honoree of the 2021 Pernambuco International Book Biennial, alongside Paulo Freire.
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The verses of the poem “The Dagger and the Poem,” from the book “Gris,” a collection by Cida Pedrosa, suggest that “between one dagger and another” there is “blood and agony.” This is the atmosphere of an urban poetry characterized by short texts. An editor and curator of literary events, she is the honoree of the 2021 Pernambuco International Book Biennial (October 1-12), alongside Paulo Freire. A poet, short story writer, and reciter, born in 1963 in the Pernambuco hinterland, she moved to the capital in 1978 to study and became an activist in the Independent Writers Movement of Pernambuco and joined the Vozes Femininas collective in the 1980s. Dyslexic, she learned to read by memorizing the images of the letters. Mother of Francisco, also dyslexic, she serves as a city councilor in Recife to implement public policies on dyslexia in the municipality. In 2020, he won the Jabuti, the most important award in Brazilian literature, in the Poetry and Book of the Year categories, with "Solo Para Vialejo," developing a work that "cuts the knife and sharpens the verse."
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Dyslexia has been a part of my entire life journey. I learned to read by memorizing the images of the letters, and in this way I developed all my poetic work. My eldest son, Francisco, is also dyslexic, making the theme even more prominent in my daily life, and currently, in my parliamentary work, I am fighting for the implementation of public policies on dyslexia in the municipality of Recife, having promoted public hearings and with bills in progress in the City Council.
