Daniel Munduruku

Daniel Munduruku, 2014.

Daniel Munduruku Monteiro Costa (born February 28, 1964 in Belém , Pará ) is one of the most important and best known Brazilian writers of indigenous origin. He belongs to the indigenous people of the Munduruku .

Life

Munduruku is a graduate of Philosophy , History and Psychology , holds a Masters degree in Cultural Anthropology from the Universidade de São Paulo and a PhD in Education from the Universidade de São Paulo. In addition to being a writer, he also works as a teacher and has a leading role in many organizations that promote the culture and literature of the indigenous people of Brazil.

Munduruku is President of Instituto Indígena Brasileiro da Propriedade Intelectual and Director of Instituto Uk'a - a casa dos saberes ancestrais. He is an advisor to the Museu do Indio in Rio de Janeiro and also teaches there. In 2010 he was involved in organizing the First Indigenous Book Fair in Cuiabá in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso . The Goethe-Institut even invited him to Africa.

Writing

Munduruku has published over 50 books to date. Many of them are in the field of children's and youth literature . He collects the ancient myths of the indigenous peoples and describes their lives. In Tempo de Historias he writes about his work as a teacher, Coisas do Indio is an encyclopedia about everything that defines the life of the indigenous people. The book is also available in a children's version. He is a member of the Academia de Letras de Lorena . He was also one of the 70 writers who represented Brazil as Guest of Honor at the 2013 International Book Fair in Frankfurt.

Awards

• Honorable mention at the UNESCO Prize for Children's and Young People's Literature in the Service of Tolerance.
• Prize of the national youth book foundation Fundação Nacional para o Livro Infantil e Juvenil (FNLIJ) in 2005.
• Prêmio Jabuti de Literatura (Jabuti Literature Prize) in 2004.
• Prêmio de Literatura Infanto-Juvenil of the Academia Brasileira de Letras , Rio de Janeiro, in 2008 for O olho bom do menino .
• Prize Érico Vanucci Mendes, do Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico .

Works

• A primeira estrela que vejo é a estrela do meu desejo e outras histórias indígenas de amor.
• Você lembra, pai? Global Editora, 2005, ISBN 85-260-0805-6 .
• Sabedoria das águas. Global Editora, 2004, ISBN 85-260-0894-3 .
• Contos indígenas brasileiros. Global Editora, 2005, ISBN 85-260-0936-2 .
• Parece que foi ontem.
• Outras tantas histórias indígenas de origem das coisas e do universo. Global Editora, 2008, ISBN 978-85-260-1256-1 .
• A caveira-rolante, a mulher-lesma e outras histórias indígenas de assustar. Global Editora, ISBN 85-260-1389-0 .
• O banquete dos deuses. 2000, Editora Angra, ISBN 85-85969-15-6 .
• A velha arvore. Editora Salesiana, 2002, ISBN 85-7547-041-8 .
• As peripécias do jabuti. Mercuryo Jovem, 2007, ISBN 978-85-7272-228-5 .
• As serpentes que roubaram a noite. 2001, Peiropolis, ISBN 85-85663-58-8 .
• Caçadores de aventuras. CARAMELO, ISBN 978-85-7340-469-2 .
• Catando piolhos contando histórias. Brinque-Book, 2006, ISBN 85-7412-145-2 .
• Coisas de índio. 2000, Callis Editora,
• Crônicas de São Paulo. Callis Editora, 2011, ISBN 978-85-7416-608-7 .
• O diário de Kaxi. Editora Salesiana, 2001, ISBN 85-87997-57-2 .
• To estranho sonho de futuro. FTD, 2004, ISBN 85-322-5223-0 .
• Os filhos do sangue do céu. Landy Editora, 2005.
• Histórias de índio. Companhia das Letrinhas, 1997.
• Histórias que eu ouvi e gosto de contar. 2004, Callis Editora, ISBN 85-7416-226-4 .
• Histórias que eu vivi e gosto de contar. Callis Editora.
• Kabá Darebü.
• Meu vô Apolinário. 2001, Studio Nobel, ISBN 85-85445-95-5 .
• O homem que roubava horas.
• O olho bom do menino. Brinque-Book, 2007, ISBN 978-85-7412-209-0 .
• O onça
• O segredo da chuva. Ed. Ática, 2006, ISBN 85-08-08744-6 .
• O sinal do pajé. 2003, Peiropolis, ISBN 85-7596-006-7 .
• O sumiço da noite. 2006, Caramelo, ISBN 85-7340-505-8 .
• Parece que foi ontem.
• Sobre piolhos e outros afagos.
• Tempo de histórias. Ed. Moderna, 2005, ISBN 85-16-04762-8 .
• O sonho que not parecia sonho. Caramelo livros educativos, 2007, ISBN 978-85-7340-523-1 .
• Uma aventura na Amazônia. Caramelo, ISBN 978-85-7340-578-1 .

Web links

• Author portrait Daniel Munduruku of the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro (Portuguese)
• "Directoria" page of the Instituto Indígena Brasileiro da Propriedade Intelectual INBRAPI (Portuguese)
• Homepage of the UK´A Institute (Portuguese)
• Interview of the Instituto Socioambiental with Daniel Munduruku (Portuguese)
• List of FNLIJ award winners (Portuguese) (PDF; 140 kB)
• List of winners of the Premio Jabuti de Literatura 2004 (Portuguese)
• Report on the publication "Humboldt" of the Goethe Institute about the Indigenous Book Fair 2010 in Cuiaba.
• List of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 with the 70 Brazilian authors invited (PDF; 96 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Report on the publication "Humboldt" by the Goethe Institute on the Indigenous Book Fair 2010 in Cuiaba .
2. ↑ List of the Frankfurt Book Fair 2013 with the 70 Brazilian authors invited ( Memento from November 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 96 kB)
3. ↑ ^{a b} author's page by Daniel Munduruku of the Câmara Rio-Grandense do Livro .
4. ↑ List of all FNLIJ award winners ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2019 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
5. ↑ List of the winners of the Prêmio Jabuti literary prize ( Memento of the original from May 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .  
6. ↑ ABL anuncia vencedor do Prêmio Machado de Assis 2008. Other winners, No. 4. Accessed August 7, 2015 (Portuguese).