Maria Elsa da Rocha (1924 – 2007) was an Indian short-story writer and poet in the Portuguese language.
Maria Elsa Gertrudes da Rocha | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1924 Aldoná |
| Died | 2007 |
| Occupation | Short story writer, Poet |
Life
editMaria Elsa da Rocha was a school teacher by profession, which took her all over Goa (and Damão). The experiences she accrued would feed into her stories, which were also often based on hearsay and anecdotes.[citation needed]
Works
editThroughout the 1960s, Rocha contributed short stories to the Margão-based Portuguese language newspaper A Vida, in which she co-edited a cultural page together, and the Portuguese-language programme 'Renascença' broadcast on All-India Radio.[citation needed]
In 2005 a collection of her short stories appeared under the title Vivências Partilhadas [Shared Lives].[1]
Vivências Partilhadas
editVivências Partilhadas provides widest range of representations of the Goan subaltern in Portuguese-language Goan literature post-1961, with a particular focus on the experiences of women,[2] though this deep-seated sympathy at times appears to be at cross-purposes with a certain social conservatism.[3] Rocha's writing is notable for the use she makes of particularly Goan-inflected Portuguese and the considerable use of Konkani in her dialogues.
References
edit- ^ Panjim, Goa: Third Millennium, 2006.
- ^ Paul Melo e Castro, 'How the Other Half Live: The Goan Subaltern in the Stories of Vimala Devi, Maria Elsa da Rocha and Epitácio Pais', in Portuguese Language and Literature in Goa: Past, Present and Future, Carmo D'Souza (ed.), Margão, India: CinnamonTeal, 2014, pp.26-32.
- ^ Hélder Garmes and Paul Melo e Castro 'Lirismo e Conservadorismo na Arena Política: o conto "Shivá, brincando..." da escritora goesa Maria Elsa da Rocha'. Revista Abril, 4.6 (2011), pp.77-87
4. Cielo G. Festino "Sharing Lives in Maria Elsa Da Rocha´s Vivências Partilhadas" In Muse India. Goan Literature in Portuguese. Issue 70. Nov-Dec, 2016.
Bibliography
editMaria Elsa da Rocha. Vivências Partilhadas. Panjim, India: Third Millennium, 2005.