Jarid Arraes

Arraes was born in 1991 in Juazeiro do Norte, Ceará. During her childhood, Arraes grew up with a strong connection to literature, being most acutely influenced by family. She is a descendent of Mestre Noza, considered one of the city's greatest artists and a pioneer in cordel literature. Her grandfather, Abraão Batista, was a poet, woodcutter, sculptor, ceramist, engraver, and teacher. From the end of the 1960s, he had also produced more than 200 works of cordel literature. With international recognition, he was also one of the founders of the Brazilian Academy of Cordel Literature in Rio de Janeiro. He founded the Centro de Cultura Mestre Noza and the Associação dos Artesãos do Padre Cícero, with the objective of coalescing the artists of Juazeiro do Norte for the organizing and valorizing the activity of the city's artisans.{{Cite web |title=Abraão Batista (Juazeiro/CE) |url=https://bestiarionordestino.art.br/2016/11/abraao-batista-juazeiroce/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025195544/https://bestiarionordestino.art.br/2016/11/abraao-batista-juazeiroce/ |archive-date=2020-10-25 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=bestiarionordestino.art.br |language=pt-BR}} Arraes' father, Hamurabi Batista, is a popular poet, cordel writer, woodcutter and sculptor. With a vast collection of more than 250 packets, he brings in his works a strong commitment to history and political struggle involving historical personalities and various racial issues. He works with the Centro de Cultura Mestre Noza and the Associação dos Artesãos do Padre Cícero, where he is the director of the latter.{{Cite web |last=Popular |first=Memórias da Poesia |date=2014-11-25 |title=Poeta Hamurábi Batista – Síntese biográfica |trans-title=Poet Hamurábi Batista – Biographical summary |url=https://memoriasdapoesiapopular.com.br/2014/11/25/poeta-hamurabi-batista-sintese-biografica/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110002437/https://memoriasdapoesiapopular.com.br/2014/11/25/poeta-hamurabi-batista-sintese-biografica/ |archive-date=2017-11-10 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=memoriasdapoesiapopular.com.br |language=pt-BR}}

Jarid grew up with depictions of traditional Northeastern culture going to the Centro de Cultura Popular Mestre Noza.{{Cite web |last=Valek |first=Aline |author-link=Aline Valek |date=2016-03-29 |title=Jarid Arraes: "Escrevo para honrar minha ancestralidade" |trans-title=Jarid Arraes: "I write to honor my ancestry" |url=https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cultura/jarid-arraes-201cescrevo-para-honrar-minha-ancestralidade201d |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407162623/https://www.cartacapital.com.br/cultura/jarid-arraes-201cescrevo-para-honrar-minha-ancestralidade201d/ |archive-date=2016-04-07 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=CartaCapital |language=pt-BR}} Along with cordel literature, her influences also include authors such as Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Paulo Leminski, Manuel Bandeira and Ferreira Gullar. As she was growing up, however, it became clear to her that access to works of literature could be precarious, and thus this motivated her to research and learn about women that made history not just as authors and poets, but from a wide range of fields, principally black women, whom she realized were not highlighted and covered in schools and the media.{{Cite web |title=Jarid Arraes |url=https://cearacultural.com.br/literatura/Jarid-Arraes.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210612205240/https://cearacultural.com.br/literatura/Jarid-Arraes.html |archive-date=2021-06-12 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=cearacultural.com.br |language=pt-BR}}

In 2011, at the age of 20, Arraes began to publish her works on the blog Mulher Dialética. Soon she began to collaborate with blogs like Blogueiras feministas and Blogueiras Negras.{{Cite web |last=Mendes |first=Drica |date=2022-02-15 |title=O universo particular das mulheres do Cariri |trans-title=The private universe of Cariri women |url=http://www.culturasemcensura.com.br/2022/02/o-universo-particular-das-mulheres-do.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215132105/http://www.culturasemcensura.com.br/2022/02/o-universo-particular-das-mulheres-do.html |archive-date=2022-02-15 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=culturasemcensura.com.br |language=pt-BR}} Two years later, she became a columnist for Revista Fórum, where she wrote the blog Questão de Gênero until February 2016.{{Cite journal|title=Questão de Gênero - Revista Fórum |url=https://www.revistaforum.com.br/rededeblogs/questaodegenero/ |journal=Revista Fórum}} At Revista Fórum, she also worked as a journalist and wrote materials about issues related to human rights, such as feminism, anti-racism movements, LGBT rights, among others.{{Cite journal|author=Samyn, Henrique Marques |date=July–December 2016 |title=Negritude e gênero no cordel: ensaio sobre as "heroínas negras" de Jarid Arraes.|journal=Negritude e gênero no cordel: Ensaio sobre as "heroínas negras" de Jarid Arraes. |publisher=Macabéa – Revista Eletrônica do Netlli V. 5, N. 2, p. 92-102, jul.-dez. 2016.|issue=2|pages=92–102}}

Arraes lived in Juazeiro do Norte until 2014, and in that year participated in collectives around the region such as Pretas Simoa (Grupo de Mulheres Negras do Cariri) and FEMICA (Feministas do Cariri), which she helped establish. In 2014, she moved to São Paulo, where she came to be part of the NGO Casa de Lua until it closed. In 2015, she created the free project Clube da Escrita Para Mulheres, creating periodic meetings with the objective of encouraging women who write or who want to start writing.{{Cite web |title=Clube da Escrita para Mulheres |url=https://www.clubedaescrita.com.br/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180314191208/http://clubedaescrita.com.br/ |archive-date=2018-03-14 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=clubedaescrita.com.br}} In 2017, the club became a larger collective of members and writers.

In July 2015, Arraes published As Lendas de Dandara, her first prose book that in one edition had illustrations by Aline Valek. In less than a year, the book was completely sold out and it was republished in December 2016 by Editora de Cultura. The book was born out of the necessity to reclaim the story of Dandara dos Palmares, known as the wife of Zumbi dos Palmares, and had the potential to mix legend and fantasy with the history of the quilombola struggle against slavery in Brazil.{{Cite journal |last=Sousa |first=Gizelli |date=2015-08-26 |title=Jarid Arraes, Dandara e a tradição popular |trans-title=Jarid Arraes, Dandara and popular tradition |url=https://www.revistaforum.com.br/semanal/jarid-arraes-dandara-e-a-tradicao-popular/ |url-status=dead |journal=Revista Fórum |language=pt-BR |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180108000709/http://www.revistaforum.com.br/semanal/jarid-arraes-dandara-e-a-tradicao-popular/ |archive-date=2018-01-08}} She has also made kids' books in the cordel style, such as "A menina que não queria ser princesa", "A bailarina gorda", and "Os cachinhos encantados da princesa".

In June of that year, Arraes launched the cordel collection and book Heroínas Negras Brasileiras em 15 cordéis with Pólen Livros, with biographies written in cordel style and features prominent Black Brazilian women such as Antonieta de Barros, Aqualtune, Carolina Maria de Jesus, Dandara dos Palmares, Esperança Garcia, Eva Maria Bonsucesso, Laudelina de Campos Melo, Luísa Mahin, Maria Filipa de Oliveira, Maria Firmina dos Reis, Mariana Crioula, Na Agontimé, Tereza de Benguela, Tia Ciata, and Zacimba Gaba. The book is in its third edition being published by Companhia das Letras.{{Cite web |title=Heroínas negras brasileiras - Jarid Arraes - Grupo Companhia das Letras |url=https://www.companhiadasletras.com.br/livro/9788555341120/heroinas-negras-brasileiras |access-date=1 August 2023 |website=www.companhiadasletras.com.br}} She hosted several book launch events in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. The book posted record sales and completely sold out copies.{{Cite web |last=D'Angelo |first=Helô |title=Apagadas da história, heroínas negras se tornam protagonistas em coletânea de cordéis |trans-title=Erased from history, black heroines become protagonists in a collection of cordéis |url=https://revistacult.uol.com.br/home/heroinas-negras-se-tornam-protagonistas-em-coletanea-de-cordeis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311081338/https://revistacult.uol.com.br/home/heroinas-negras-se-tornam-protagonistas-em-coletanea-de-cordeis/ |archive-date=2018-03-11 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=revistacult.uol.com.br |date=15 May 2017 |language=pt-BR}}{{Cite web |last=Squilanti |first=Ana |date=2017-06-03 |title=Quando uma escritora negra independente é recorde de lançamento |trans-title=When an independent black writer sets a new release record |url=https://medium.com/fale-com-elas-e-sobre-elas/quando-uma-escritora-negra-independente-%C3%A9-recorde-de-lan%C3%A7amento-517c4b9bc883 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308175233/https://medium.com/fale-com-elas-e-sobre-elas/quando-uma-escritora-negra-independente-%C3%A9-recorde-de-lan%C3%A7amento-517c4b9bc883 |archive-date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=Medium |language=pt-BR}}

In July 2018, she launched her first book of poems, Um buraco com meu nome, published by Ferina, with which she became a curator.{{Cite web |date=2018-05-22 |title=Novo selo enfoca questões femininas |trans-title=New label focuses on women's issues |url=https://www.publishnews.com.br/materias/2018/05/22/novo-selo-enfoca-as-questoes-femininas |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919211232/https://www.publishnews.com.br/materias/2018/05/22/novo-selo-enfoca-as-questoes-femininas |archive-date=2018-09-19 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=publishnews.com.br |language=pt-BR}} She also drew the illustrations in the book. The book was first presented at the Festa Literária Internacional de Paraty (FLIP) that year. The label Ferina, part of Pólen, was launched in 2018 with the purpose of publishing Brazilian women authors and has been noted for their diverse range of authors, including Black, Indigenous, and Transexual authors. These include, Jaqueline Jesus, {{ill|Márcia Wayna Kambeba|pt}}, {{ill|Cidinha da Silva|pt}}, and Heloísa Teixeira.{{Cite web |last=Balbino |first=Jéssica |date=2018-06-06 |title=Selo Ferina estreia com conselho editorial exclusivo de mulheres |trans-title=Selo Ferina debuts with an exclusive editorial board made up of women |url=https://catracalivre.com.br/cidadania/selo-ferina-estreia-com-conselho-editorial-exclusivo-de-mulheres/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308175238/https://catracalivre.com.br/cidadania/selo-ferina-estreia-com-conselho-editorial-exclusivo-de-mulheres/ |archive-date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=catracalivre.com.br |language=pt-br}}

In October 2018, Arraes' book As Lendas de Dandara was translated into French and released in France by publisher Anacaona under the title Dandara et les esclaves libre.{{Cite web |title=Les Afro-Brésiliennes dans l'Histoire : rencontres avec Jarid Arraea |url=https://www.anacaona.fr/blog/afro-bresiliennes-esclavage-rencontres-jarid-arraes |website=anacaona.fr|date=11 September 2018 }} She had a launch tour in French cities and participated in events in Paris, at the Maison de l'Amérique latine, as well as in Rennes, in La Rochelle at the Musée du Nouveau Monde, and in Lille, at the Le Bateau, along with having visited various schools and universities. In July 2019, she launched her first book of tales through the publisher Alfaguara (Companhia das Letras), Redemoinho em dia quente, in which she introspects on her Cariri ancestry.{{Cite web |last=Oliveira |first=Joana |date=2019-07-21 |title=Jarid Arraes, a "jovem mulher do sertão" que faz literatura retirante |trans-title=Jarid Arraes, the "young woman from the hinterland" who writes migrant literature |url=https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2019/07/16/cultura/1563309707_729625.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722125035/https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2019/07/16/cultura/1563309707_729625.html |archive-date=2019-07-22 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=El País |place=Paraty |language=pt-BR}} The first launched occurred during that year's FLIP, of which she was an invited guest.{{Cite web |date=2019-05-08 |title=Flip anuncia cordelista e escritora Jarid Arraes em sua programação |trans-title=Flip announces cordelist and writer Jarid Arraes in its programming |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2019/05/flip-anuncia-cordelista-e-escritora-jarid-arraes-em-sua-programacao.shtml |website=Folha de S. Paulo |language=pt-BR}} The book was award Best Book of Tales and Chronicles of 2019 by the Associação Paulista de Críticos de Arte (APCA).{{Cite web |date=2019-12-10 |title=APCA divulga lista de premiados de 2019 |trans-title=APCA releases list of 2019 award winners |url=https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/geral,radio-eldorado-e-vencedora-do-premio-apca,70003120198 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308175234/https://www.estadao.com.br/cultura/radio-eldorado-e-vencedora-do-premio-apca/ |archive-date=2023-03-08 |access-date=2023-08-01 |website=estadao.com.br |language=pt-BR}} She has been awarded other honors, including the Biblioteca Nacional prize and the Suplento Pernambuco prize for her works.{{Cite web|title=Cordéis – Jarid Arraes|url=https://jaridarraes.com/cordeis/|access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-BR}}

While at FLIP in 2019, Arraes participated in the "Vila Nova da Rainha" panel{{Cite web |title=Corpos e linguagens rumo ao direito de existir |url=https://www.flip.org.br/noticia/corpos-e-linguagens-rumo-ao-direito-de-existir/ |website=flip.org.br |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-date=2022-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928233433/https://www.flip.org.br/noticia/corpos-e-linguagens-rumo-ao-direito-de-existir/ |url-status=dead }} with Cuban-American writer Carmen Maria Machado and was mediated by journalist Adriana Couto, as well as the "Livro da cabeceira" panel,{{Cite web |title=Livro de cabeceira: mesa ganha novo formato e encerra a Flip |url=https://www.flip.org.br/noticia/livro-de-cabeceira-mesa-ganha-novo-formato-e-encerra-a-flip |website=flip.org.br |access-date=2023-08-01 |archive-date=2022-09-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220928230132/https://www.flip.org.br/noticia/livro-de-cabeceira-mesa-ganha-novo-formato-e-encerra-a-flip/ |url-status=dead }} the panel that traditionally closes off the festival. Two books of hers were among the most bought at FLIP: Heroínas Negras Brasileiras em 15 cordéis and Redemoinho em dia quente.{{Cite web |title=A lista mais plural da história da Flip |url=https://www.publishnews.com.br/materias/2019/07/15/a-lista-mais-plural-da-historia-da-flip |website=publishnews.com.br}} For her appearance there, she was on the front cover of the culture subcolumn of Estadão,{{Cite web |title=Jarid Arraes faz as pazes com o seu sertão em 'Redemoinho em Dia Quente' |url=https://cultura.estadao.com.br/noticias/literatura,jarid-arraes-faz-as-pazes-com-o-seu-sertao-em-redemoinho-em-dia-quente,70002920304 |website=estadao.com.br}} interviewed by Folha de S.Paulo{{Cite web |title='Me promovi tão bem que não dava mais para me ignorar', diz Jarid Arraes |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrada/2019/07/me-promovi-tao-bem-que-nao-dava-mais-para-me-ignorar-diz-jarid-arraes.shtml |website=folha.uol.com.br|date=12 July 2019 }} and had her works reviewed on websites such as Marie Claire,{{Cite web |title=Mulheres são destaque na Flip que traz Kristen Roupenian, autora de "Cat Person" |url=https://revistamarieclaire.globo.com/Cultura/noticia/2019/07/mulheres-sao-destaque-na-flip-que-traz-kristen-roupenian-autora-de-cat-person.html |website=revistamarieclaire.globo.com|date=25 August 2022 }} Claudia and Vogue Brasil,{{Cite web |title=Jarid Arraes leva a literatura de cordel para o palco da Flip |url=https://vogue.globo.com/lifestyle/cultura/noticia/2019/07/jarid-arraes-leva-literatura-de-cordel-para-o-palco-da-flip.html |website=vogue.globo.com|date=10 July 2019 }}{{Cite web |title=Flip 2019: 5 escritores que fortalecem narrativas periféricas |url=https://vogue.globo.com/lifestyle/cultura/noticia/2019/07/flip-2019-5-escritores-que-fortalecem-narrativas-perifericas.html |website=vogue.globo.com|date=11 July 2019 }} naming her one of the most important names currently in Brazilian literature.

Arraes also had launch events for Redemoinho em dia quente in Rio de Janeiro and in São Paulo.{{Cite web |title=Marque na agenda - 15/07 a 21/07 |url=http://www.blogdacompanhia.com.br/conteudos/visualizar/Marque-na-agenda-15-07-a-21-07 |website=blogdacompanhia.com.br}} In Rio, she talked with mediators from the Leia Mulheres Rio de Janeiro at the Travessa Botafogo bookstore; in São Paulo, she had a chat with writer Marcelino Freire at the Centro Cultural São Paulo,{{Cite web |title=Bate-papo e lançamento do livro Redemoinho em Dia Quente, de Jarid Arraes |url=http://centrocultural.pagina-oficial.ws/site/eventos/evento/bate-papo-e-lancamento-do-livro-redemoinho-em-dia-quente-de-jarid-arraes/ |website=Centro Cultural São Paulo|access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-br}} along with a photographic exhibition with photos made for the author herself. They were taken in Juazeiro do Norte and in Crato, both in the Cariri region, the area where she grew up and where also the tales from Redemoinho em dia quente took place. The exhibition occurred with the curation by photographer Maria Ribeiro, who also edited the photos. The first 50 people that bought Redemoinho em dia quente at the launch event won a rare copy of a piece of cordel literature by Arraes herself. The piece cointained two stories: the first being a complete version of cordel that was part of the regular book, "Asa no pé", and a second one based loosely on the works of Jean-Paul Sartre, titled "Patas vazias".{{Cite book |last=SAVAREGO |first=Isabella Aricó |url=https://repositorio.unesp.br/bitstream/handle/11449/237023/savarego_ia_tcc_bauru.pdf?sequence=4 |title=Redemoinho em dia quente : Da xilogravura para o lambe-lambe. |publisher=UNESP |year=2022 |page=18}}

Arraes has collaborated with a diverse range of websites and magazines, among them Folha de S.Paulo,{{Cite web |title=Lady Gaga me ensinou a nascer como escritora, diz Jarid Arraes |date=6 July 2019 |url=https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/ilustrissima/2019/07/lady-gaga-me-ensinou-a-nascer-como-escritora-diz-jarid-arraes.shtml |access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-br}} the magazine {{ill|Quatro Cinco Um|pt}},{{Cite web |title=Colaboradores: Jarid Arraes - Poeta e cordelista, é autora de Um buraco com meu nome (Ferina). |url=https://www.quatrocincoum.com.br/br/autores/jarid-arraes |website=quatrocincoum.com.br}} Caros Amigos, Claudia, Cult and Blooks.{{Cite web |title=A literatura de cordel como tradição transformadora |date=10 May 2018 |url=https://medium.com/revista-blooks/a-literatura-de-cordel-como-tradi%C3%A7%C3%A3o-transformadora-345fc7a5a5bd |access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-br}} She has also had poems published in Revista Parênteses and Revista Gueto,{{Cite web |title=cinco poemas de Jarid Arraes |url=https://revistagueto.com/2017/10/09/cinco-poemas-4/|access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-br}} participated in the anthology of poems TAG Experiências Literárias, wrote the cordel Chega de Fiu Fiu in partnership with the NGO Think Olga and the work "Informação Contra o Machismo" in an awarded partnership with Artigo 19. In 2020, she was listed by Forbes as one of their 30 Under 30 personalities from Brazil, with the premiere of their edition of the UNDER-30 that gives emphasis to younger professionals who have made a difference in their country.{{Cite web |last=Arnoni |first=Helena |date=2020-12-29 |title=Under 30 2020: conheça 30 destaques brasileiros |url=https://forbes.com.br/listas/2020/12/under-30-2020-conheca-30-destaques-brasileiros/|access-date=1 August 2023|website=Forbes Brasil|language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |title=Chega de Fiu Fiu: ciberfeminismo contra o assédio sexual |url=http://coral.ufsm.br/congressodireito/anais/2015/3-3.pdf|access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-br}}{{Cite web |title=Questão de gênero e acesso à informação |date=8 March 2015 |url=http://artigo19.org/blog/2015/03/08/artigo-19-lanca-pagina-sobre-violencia-contra-mulher-e-acesso-a-informacao/|access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-br}}

Arraes, from early on, had a strong connection with literature, influenced by her grandfather Abraão Batista and father Hamurabi Batista. Her influences from working with cordel have gone on to inspire works outside of poetry, such as tales and romance novels. She has also participated in poem collections with other artists, magazine publishers, and editions and revisions of previous works. She has also written prefaces, afterwords, and others.

She has published more than 70 titles in the style of cordel. Such of them were published in book format, such as with Heroínas negras em 15 cordéis (1st edition - 2017 - Pólen Livros; second edition - 2020 - Seguinte) and Cordéis para crianças incríveis (1st edition - 2024 - Companhia das Letrinhas).

On 12 October 2017, actress and singer Thalma de Freitas premiered a musical about Heroínas Negras Brasileiras em 15 cordéis at Jazz nos Fundos in São Paulo.{{Cite web |title=Noite ÁfricaBrasil com Thalma de Freitas e Yannick Delass |url=http://www.sextachega.com.br/event/991734200990233/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180414010846/http://www.sextachega.com.br/event/991734200990233/|archive-date=14 April 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=1 August 2023|language=pt-br}}

• As Lendas de Dandara (Prose). Editora de Cultura, 2016.
• Heroínas negras brasileiras em 15 cordéis (Cordel). Polén Livros, 2017.
• Um buraco com meu nome (Poems), Selo Ferina, 2018.
• Dandara et les esclaves libres (French edition of As lendas de Dandara) (Prose). Anacaona, 2018.
• Redemoinho em dia quente (Short Stories). Alfaguara, 2019.
• Heroínas negras brasileiras em 15 cordéis (2nd ed.) (Cordel). Seguinte, 2020.
• Um buraco com meu nome (2nd ed.) (Poems). Alfaguara, 2021.
• Corpo desfeito (Novel). Alfaguera, 2022.
• Cordéis para crianças incríveis (Cordel). Companhia das Letrinhas, 2024.

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• [http://jaridarraes.com/ Official website]
• [http://aslendasdedandara.com.br/ "As Lendas de Dandara"]
• [http://clubedaescrita.com.br/ Clube da Escrita para Mulheres]

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