Eileen Barbosa

Career

She has a bachelor"s degree in Tourism and Marketing. Eileenístico, a collection of short stories, was published in 2007. In 2014 Barbosa was chosen as one of those named in the Africa39 project to showcase promising young African writers, and was included in the anthology Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara (edited by Ellah Allfrey, 2014).

Achievements

• In 2005 Barbosa received the National Pantera Revelation Prize for Short Stories, as well as the Pantera Revelation Prize for Poetry.

Interests

• Writers

  One reviewer commented: "My favorite piece was Eileen Almeida Barbosa"s mellifluous and passionate "Two Fragments of Love," and I hope more of her work is translated into English." Another reviewer referred to the story as "a soothing, lyrical piece".