Briceida Cuevas, also known as Briceida Cuevas Cob (born Tepakán, Calkiní, Campeche, Mexico, July 12, 1969[1]) is a Mayan poet. She writes poems about everyday life in Yucatec Maya, many of which have been translated into Spanish, French and English.[2][3] She is a member of Escritores en Lenguas Indigenas A.C.,[4] and a corresponding member of the Academia Mexicana de la Lengua.[5]
Briceida Cuevas | |
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.jpg) Cuevas at the IV Fiesta de las Culturas Indígenas, 9 September 2017 | |
| Born | July 12, 1969 Tepakán, Calkiní, Mexico |
| Other names | Briceida Cuevas Cob |
| Occupation | Poet |
Selected works
- Flor y canto: cinco poetas indígenas del sur, INI/UNESCO, Tabasco, 1993.[6]
- In pákat yétel júntul t'el: Tumbén Ikʼtʼanil ich Mayaʼ Tʼan (Poesía contemporánea en lengua maya), España, 1994.[7]
- U yokʼol auat pekʼ (El quejido del perro en su existencia), Casa Internacional del Escritor, Quintana Roo, 1995.
- Jeʼ bix kʼin (Como el sol), 1998.[8]
- Las lenguas de América. Recital de poesía, UNAM, La Pluralidad Cultural en México, 2005.[9]
- Voci di Antiche Radici, dieci poeti indigeni del Méssico, Trieste, Italia, 2005.[10]
- Tiʼ u billil in nookʼ /Del dobladillo de mi ropa, 2008.[11]
- U t'íibta'al cháak : u múuch ts'íibil ik'il t'aano'ob yéetel tsikbalo'ob ich Maya yétel kaselan = Escribiendo la lluvia : antología literaria en lengua maya-español. Campeche, 2012.[12]
- Lenguas de Mexico: Maya (audio poetry reading by Briceida Cuevas Cob), 2019.[13]