Itamar Vieira Junior
Born in 1979, Itamar holds a doctorate in Ethnic and African Studies. Before Crooked Plow, shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2024, he published a collection of short stories entitled The Executioner’s Prayer, which was nominated for Brazil’s biggest literary award, the Jabuti. Crooked Plow won the prestigious 2018 LeYa Award in Portugal.
Colombia
Twin sisters Bibiana and Belonísia in Brazil’s impoverished Bahia are bound together by a childhood accident that ties their voices and suffering. One becomes her sister’s voice in a community still trapped in post-slavery exploitation. Amid spiritual traditions and grassroots activism, their intertwined stories pulse with resilience and the fight against systemic injustice.