Background
She was born in São Paulo Paulo and studied journalism at the University of São Paulo.
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Esmeralda Ribeiro
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Her first poems appeared in the 1982 anthology Cadernos negros (Black notebooks). Her first short story “Ogun” appeared in the 1985 anhtology. She later worked with Marcio Barbosa as editor for Cadernos negros.
Her work was translated into English for the collections Moving Beyond Boundaries, International Dimension of Black Women"s Writing and Enfim..Nos/Finally..Us: Escritoras Negras Brasileiras Contemporaneas/ Contemporary Black Brazilian Women Writers, both published in 1995.
In 1988, she published a short novel Malungos e milongas. Ribeiro has also worked for the São Paulo state Secretary of Culture.
Membership
Ribeiro became a member of Quilombhoje, an Afro-Brazilian literary group, in 1982.
