Gisela Casimiro

Portuguese Guest

Gisela Casimiro is a Portuguese-Guinean writer, artist, performer, translator and activist. She is the author of “Erosão” (poetry), “Giz” (poetry), “Casa com Árvores Dentro” and “Vida: Uma Aplicação” (theatre plays), Estendais (nonfiction), Privilégio Negro ( upcoming antiracist manual) and “Recursos Humanos” (tv episode for the upcoming series “Novas Narrativas de Caça”). She translated Audre Lorde’s “Sister Outsider” into Portuguese. Upcoming translations of “Cancer Journals” by Lorde, and “Miss Major Speaks” by Toshio Meronek and Miss Major Griffin-Gracy. She is also the screenwriter for “Speransa”, an animated feature film in the making. Her artwork is part of the António Cachola Collection. She co-coordinates the reading club at Batalha Cinema Center. She is a co-founder of UNA – Black Arts Union.   Photo: Filipe Ferreira