Alexandre Moniz Barbosa Explained

Alexandre Moniz Barbosa is an Indian journalist and writer, and winner of the 2013 biennial Goan Short Story competition.^{[1] [2]}

Journalism

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.

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.^{[4] [5]}

He translated from Portuguese to English essays by José Inácio Candido de Loyola, as Passionate and Unrestrained (2008).^[6]

In 2011 he 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fundação Oriente: Unifying languages in short stories. oHeraldo. en. 2018-12-28.
2. News: Goa stories in brief - Times of India. The Times of India. 2 May 2014 . 2018-12-28.
3. Web site: Alexandre Moniz Barbosa: Times of India Reporter. timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 2018-12-28.
4. [Frederick Noronha]
5. News: Stories from Goa. 17 January 2016. Times of India. 3 May 2014.
6. Dale Luis Menezes, 'A Thinker Translated', Gomantak Times, 21 July 2010, http://daleluismenezes.blogspot.in/2011/04/thinker-translated.html.
7. Web site: Almost split down the middle, but Goa finally won it. FOR GOA. oHeraldo. en. 2018-12-28.
8. Web site: 'Raw Earth' release on Feb 7 . 2023-05-16 . The Goan EveryDay . en.
9. Web site: Digital . G. T. . 2023-02-07 . These 'kaddio boddio' in Goa are a feast for the mind . 2023-05-16 . Gomantak Times . en.
10. 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.
11. E.g. ‘Mangoes for Gabru’, Muse India, 64 (November–December 2015), http://museindia.com/focuscontent.asp?issid=50&id=4293 .