Eileen Barbosa

{{Short description|Cape Verdean writer and former advisor to the Prime Minister}}

Eileen Almeida Barbosa is a Cape Verdean writer and former advisor to the Prime Minister.

She has a bachelor's degree in Tourism and Marketing.Teresa Sofia Fortes, [http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article23981 "PORTRAIT – Eileen Almeida Barbosa: 'There is no critical spirit in Cape Verde'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414184128/http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article23981 |date=2015-04-14 }}, A Semana, 8 May 2007. In 2005 Barbosa received the National Pantera Revelation Prize for Short Stories, as well as the Pantera Revelation Prize for Poetry. Eileenístico, a collection of short stories, was published in 2007.[http://www.hayfestival.com/artist.aspx?artistid=6000 Africa39], Hay Festival.

In 2014, Barbosa was chosen as one of those named in the Africa39 project to showcase promising young African writers,Margaret Busby, [https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/apr/10/port-harcourt-world-book-capital-2014-africa-39 "Africa39: How we chose the writers for Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014"], The Guardian, 10 April 2014. and was included in the anthology Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara (edited by Ellah Allfrey, 2014). One reviewer commented: "My favorite piece was Eileen Almeida Barbosa's mellifluous and passionate 'Two Fragments of Love,' and I hope more of her work is translated into English."Diandra Rodriguez, [https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1103136996 "Africa39: New Writing from Africa South of the Sahara" review], Goodreads, 10 November 2014. Another reviewer referred to the story as "a soothing, lyrical piece".T. J. Benson, [http://sankofamag.com/a-review-of-africa-39/ "A Review of Africa 39"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150412232938/http://sankofamag.com/a-review-of-africa-39/ |date=2015-04-12 }}, Sankofa magazine, 6 March 2015.