Português
Marilene Felinto is a writer, journalist, and translator. Born in Recife, she grew up in São Paulo, where she moved with her family at the age of 11. She holds a degree in Portuguese and English from the University of São Paulo and a master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from PUC São Paulo.
In 1983, she received the Jabuti Prize in the Revelation category for her novel As Mulheres de Tijucopapo (1982), currently in its fifth edition (Ubu, 2021), which has been translated into English, French, Dutch, and Catalan. Her most recent novel, Corsária (Fósforo, 2025), received the 2025 Best Novel award from the São Paulo Association of Art Critics (APCA).
She is the author of ten other books, including novels, short stories, articles, and essays, among them the short-story collection Mulher Feita (Fósforo, 2022). She also translates from English into Portuguese, with translations of authors including Virginia Woolf, Joseph Conrad, Thomas Wolfe, Charles Bukowski, and Malcolm X, among others.
As a visiting writer, she has taught courses and given lectures at universities and literature festivals in the United States, Germany, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal. She was a guest writer at the International Literary Festival of Paraty in 2019. She has written as a columnist for press outlets since the 1990s and currently writes for the São Paulo-based digital magazine Gama Revista.