Leda Maria Martins

Leda Maria Martins is a poet, essayist, playwright and teacher. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature from Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais – UFMG (1991) and a Master of Arts from Indiana University, United States (1981), with post-doctorates in Performance Studies from New York University, Tisch School of the Arts (1999- 2009), and in Performance and Rites from Universidade Federal Fluminense – UFF (2000). She was a professor at the Federal University of Minas Gerais, from 1993 to 2018, at Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto from 1982 to 1992 and a visiting professor at the Tisch School of the Arts in 2010. She was also Director of Cultural Action at UFMG, from March 2014 to March 2018. Works in the areas of performing arts, comparative literature, performances and cultural studies. He has published several books, book chapters and essays in Brazil and abroad, including Afrografias da Memória, 2nd revised and updated edition (Editoras Perspectiva/Mazza, 2021), Os Dias Anônimos (Editora Sette Letras, 1999), Afrografias da Memória (Editoras PerspectivaMazza, 1997), A Cena em Sombras (Perspectiva, 1995), O Moderno Teatro de Qorpo Santo (Editora UFMGUFOP, 1991), Cantigas de Amares (Edição Independente, 1981). In 2017, the Leda Maria Martins de Artes Cênicas Negras Prize was created, sponsored by Banco de Desenvolvimento de Minas Gerais – BDMG. In 2022 she received the Milú Villela Prize, awarded by Fundação Itaú Cultural, in the “Learn” category. Her latest book, Performances do Tempo Espiralar, poéticas do corpo-tela, (Editora Cobogó, 2021), served as a key reference for the curatorial team of the 35th Bienal de São Paulo.