Alberto Mussa (born 28 June 1961) is a Brazilian writer and translator.
Alberto Mussa | |
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| Born | 1961  |
| Website | http://www.albertomussa.com |
Life and career
editMussa was born in Rio de Janeiro, in a family of Indigenous and Lebanese descent.[1][2] He first studied mathematics, then graduated in Languages at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.[3]
His writings fuse Western narrative tradition with mythological accounts from other cultures, such as Afro-Brazilian, pre-Islamic Arabian and indigenous Brazil. His works have been published in 17 countries and 15 languages, such as Argentina, Cuba, Portugal, Italy, France, England, Romania, Turkey, Spain and Egypt, and were awarded prizes such as the Premio Casa de Las Americas, the Prêmio Machado de Assis and the Prêmio APCA.[4]
Together with historian Luiz Antonio Simas, he wrote Samba de enredo: história e arte, a study about the aesthetic evolution of samba-enredo.[5]
Compêndio Mítico
editMussa is the author of Compêndio Mítico do Rio de Janeiro [Rio de Janeiro's Mythical Compendium] a series of five crime novels, each one set in a different century and aiming to portrait the history of Rio through reports of actual or fictional crimes.[6]
Published works
editNovels
edit- 1999 - O trono da rainha Jinga (Compêndio Mítico do Rio de Janeiro #1)
- 2004 - O enigma de Qaf
- 2006 - O movimento pendular
- 2011 - O senhor do lado esquerdo (Compêndio Mítico do Rio de Janeiro #2)
- English translation:The Mystery of Rio; transl. Alex Ladd. Europa Editions, 2013. ISBN 9781609451363
- 2014 - A Primeira História do Mundo (Compêndio Mítico do Rio de Janeiro #3)
- 2017 - A hipótese humana (Compêndio Mítico do Rio de Janeiro #4)
- 2018 - A biblioteca elementar (Compêndio Mítico do Rio de Janeiro #5)
Short stories
edit- 1997 - Elegbara - (Editora Revan:new edition: Editora Record, 2005, Rio de Janeiro)
- 2016 - Os contos completos
Organizer
edit- 2013 - Altas Universal do Conto (with Stéphane Chao)
Translation
edit- 2006 - Os poemas suspensos -Pre-Islamic Arabic poetry
Non-fiction
edit- 2009 - Meu destino é ser onça
- 2010 - Samba de enredo: história e arte (with Luiz Antônio Simas)
References
edit- ^ Daniel, Isaura (2011-09-21). "Alberto Mussa em árabe". ANBA (Agência de Notícias Brasil-Árabe). Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ Eterna, Heloisa (2017-01-10). "ALBERTO MUSSA: LITERATURA COM UMA PITADA DE UMBANDA, SAMBA E POLÍTICA". A Criatura. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
- ^ Mussa, Alberto (Jan–Jun 2016). "O ofício de escritor". Topoi (Rio de Janeiro) (in Portuguese). 17: 287–307. doi:10.1590/2237-101X0173214. ISSN 1518-3319.
- ^ Walch, Louis (2017-07-12). "The City and the Writer—In Rio de Janeiro with Alberto Mussa". Words Without Borders. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ "🔓 Simas e Mussa analisam letras dos sambas de enredo do Carnaval - Rascunho". rascunho.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-02-07. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
- ^ "Rodrigo Casarin - 7 motivos para ler Alberto Mussa, o escritor que você precisa conhecer". paginacinco.blogosfera.uol.com.br (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2023-11-15.