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|name=Alexandre Moniz Barbosa | |name = Alexandre Moniz Barbosa | ||
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'''Alexandre Moniz Barbosa''' is | '''Alexandre Moniz Barbosa''' is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the winner of the 2013 biennial Goan Short Story competition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Funda%C3%A7%C3%A3o-Oriente-Unifying-languages-in-short-stories/89393.html|title=Fundação Oriente: Unifying languages in short stories|website=oHeraldo|language=en|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-stories-in-brief/articleshow/34505348.cms|title=Goa stories in brief - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=2 May 2014 |access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> | ||
Barbosa has written, ''inter alia'', for | ==Journalism== | ||
Barbosa has written, ''[[inter alia]]'', for ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/toireporter/author-Alexandre-Moniz-Barbosa.cms|title=Alexandre Moniz Barbosa: Times of India Reporter|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> After a spell as assistant editor at ''[[Goa Today]]'', he became assistant resident editor for ''The Times of India'', [[Goa]] edition. He was editor of ''[[O Heraldo]]'' from 2018 to 2022.{{cn|date=January 2025}} | |||
==Literary writing== | ==Literary writing== | ||
Barbosa wrote the novel ''Touched By The Toe'' (2004), set in sixteenth-century Goa, and taking its name an incident in which a Portuguese noblewoman bit off a toe from the relics of [[St Francis Xavier]].<ref>[[Frederick Noronha]] and Pamela D'Mello, 'Goa in Creative Writing', in ''Mirror to Goa: Identity and the Written Word in a Small Society'' (Goa: Broadway/Goa,1556, 2010), accessed from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/goa-book-club/yXbbkTI9tOI.</ref><ref name=StoriesFromGoa>{{cite news|title=Stories from Goa|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Stories-from-Goa-in-brief/articleshow/34551346.cms|accessdate=17 January 2016|publisher=Times of India|date=3 May 2014}}</ref> | Barbosa wrote the novel ''Touched By The Toe'' (2004), set in [[Portuguese India|sixteenth-century Goa]], and taking its name an incident in which a [[Portuguese nobility|Portuguese noblewoman]] bit off a toe from the relics of [[St Francis Xavier]].<ref>[[Frederick Noronha]] and Pamela D'Mello, 'Goa in Creative Writing', in ''Mirror to Goa: Identity and the Written Word in a Small Society'' (Goa: Broadway/Goa,1556, 2010), accessed from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/goa-book-club/yXbbkTI9tOI.</ref><ref name=StoriesFromGoa>{{cite news|title=Stories from Goa|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Stories-from-Goa-in-brief/articleshow/34551346.cms|accessdate=17 January 2016|publisher=Times of India|date=3 May 2014}}</ref> He translated from Portuguese to English essays by [[José Inácio Candido de Loyola]], as ''Passionate and Unrestrained'' (2008).<ref>Dale Luis Menezes, 'A Thinker Translated', ''Gomantak Times'', 21 July 2010, http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2011/04/thinker-translated.html.</ref> | ||
In 2011, Barbosa published the book ''Goa Rewound'', a [[Social commentary|socio]]-[[political commentary]] on [[Goa]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/WhenGoaVotedForGoa/Almost-split-down-the-middle-but-Goa-finally-won-it-FOR-GOA/83581.html|title=Almost split down the middle, but Goa finally won it. FOR GOA|website=oHeraldo|language=en|access-date=2018-12-28}}</ref> | |||
In | In 2016 he published the novel ''Raw Earth'', set in contemporary Goa with [[mining]] as a backdrop to the plot.<ref>{{Cite web |title='Raw Earth' release on Feb 7 |url=https://www.thegoan.net/goa-news/raw-earth-release-on-feb-7/10756.html |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref> ''Kaddio Boddio'', a collection of [[short stories]], was published in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Digital |first=G. T. |date=2023-02-07 |title=These 'kaddio boddio' in Goa are a feast for the mind |url=https://www.gomantaktimes.com/my-goa/art-culture/these-kaddio-boddio-in-goa-are-a-feast-for-the-mind |access-date=2023-05-16 |website=Gomantak Times |language=en}}</ref> He has also written scholarly articles<ref>E.g. 'St Francis Xavier: An Everlasting Icon', in ''Jesuits in India History and Culture'', ed. by Delio de Mendonca (Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 2008); 'Álvaro da Costa: Journalism, Family Involvement', in ''Episodio oriental: readings in Indo-Portuguese literature'', ed. by Maria Inês Figueira, Oscar de Noronha | ||
He has also written scholarly articles<ref>E.g. 'St Francis Xavier: An Everlasting Icon', in ''Jesuits in India History and Culture'', ed. by Delio de Mendonca (Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 2008); 'Álvaro da Costa: Journalism, Family Involvement', in ''Episodio oriental: readings in Indo-Portuguese literature'', ed. by Maria Inês Figueira, Oscar de Noronha | |||
(Fundação Oriente, 2007), pp. 58ff.</ref> and short stories.<ref>E.g. ‘Mangoes for Gabru’, ''Muse India'', 64 (November–December 2015), http://museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4293 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140400/http://museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4293 |date=2016-03-04 }}.</ref> | (Fundação Oriente, 2007), pp. 58ff.</ref> and short stories.<ref>E.g. ‘Mangoes for Gabru’, ''Muse India'', 64 (November–December 2015), http://museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4293 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304140400/http://museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4293 |date=2016-03-04 }}.</ref> | ||
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Alexandre Moniz Barbosa is an Indian journalist and writer. He is the winner of the 2013 biennial Goan Short Story competition.[1][2]
Journalism[edit | edit source]
Barbosa has written, inter alia, for The Times of India.[3] After a spell as assistant editor at Goa Today, he became assistant resident editor for The Times of India, Goa edition. He was editor of O Heraldo from 2018 to 2022.[citation needed]
Literary writing[edit | edit source]
Barbosa wrote the novel Touched By The Toe (2004), set in sixteenth-century Goa, and taking its name an incident in which a Portuguese noblewoman bit off a toe from the relics of St Francis Xavier.[4][5] He translated from Portuguese to English essays by José Inácio Candido de Loyola, as Passionate and Unrestrained (2008).[6]
In 2011, Barbosa published the book Goa Rewound, a socio-political commentary on Goa.[7]
In 2016 he published the novel Raw Earth, set in contemporary Goa with mining as a backdrop to the plot.[8] Kaddio Boddio, a collection of short stories, was published in 2022.[9] He has also written scholarly articles[10] and short stories.[11]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Fundação Oriente: Unifying languages in short stories". oHeraldo. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ "Goa stories in brief - Times of India". The Times of India. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ "Alexandre Moniz Barbosa: Times of India Reporter". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ Frederick Noronha and Pamela D'Mello, 'Goa in Creative Writing', in Mirror to Goa: Identity and the Written Word in a Small Society (Goa: Broadway/Goa,1556, 2010), accessed from https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/goa-book-club/yXbbkTI9tOI.
- ↑ "Stories from Goa". Times of India. 3 May 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ↑ Dale Luis Menezes, 'A Thinker Translated', Gomantak Times, 21 July 2010, http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2011/04/thinker-translated.html.
- ↑ "Almost split down the middle, but Goa finally won it. FOR GOA". oHeraldo. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
- ↑ "'Raw Earth' release on Feb 7". The Goan EveryDay. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ Digital, G. T. (7 February 2023). "These 'kaddio boddio' in Goa are a feast for the mind". Gomantak Times. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
- ↑ E.g. 'St Francis Xavier: An Everlasting Icon', in Jesuits in India History and Culture, ed. by Delio de Mendonca (Gujarat Sahitya Prakash, 2008); 'Álvaro da Costa: Journalism, Family Involvement', in Episodio oriental: readings in Indo-Portuguese literature, ed. by Maria Inês Figueira, Oscar de Noronha (Fundação Oriente, 2007), pp. 58ff.
- ↑ E.g. ‘Mangoes for Gabru’, Muse India, 64 (November–December 2015), http://museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4293 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine.