María Clara Sharupi Jua (born 1964) is an Ecuadorian translator, poet, and radio and television presenter who writes in the Shuar language, an indigenous language of the Ecuadorian Amazon basin.[1]

Life

María Clara Sharupi Jua is a native of the Amazon rainforest's Shuar Nation, born in Sevilla Don Bosco in Ecuador's Morona-Santiago Province. She grew up in the forest, working to help grow food for her family.[2] She then attended Politecnica Salesiana University, where she studied electrical engineering.[1]

She writes poetry in Shuar, her native language, while simultaneously translating it into Spanish with the goal of attracting a wider readership. She also modifies the writing system of her ancestral language, adapting it to the Latin alphabet.[3]

Sharupi Jua's poetry is meant to serve as a reflection of the forest and to share her ancestral stories, as well as the stories of her community today. She is a co-author of the book Amanece en nuestras vidas,[4] and her other works include the book of poetry Tarimiat, written in Shuar, Spanish, and English.[5]

In addition, Sharupi Jua is a translator and a presenter in both Shuar and Spanish on radio and TV. She served on the translation team that edited the official Shuar translation of the Ecuadorian Constitution.[6]

In 2011 she participated in the Quito International Book Festival, and in 2012 she participated in the Medellín International Poetry Festival.[2] She lives in Quito, where she has also worked on indigenous issues for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Migration.[3][1]

She was recognized by the Andean Community for her work to defend and preserve the Shuar language through her poetry.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "María Clara Sharupi". Revista Hogar. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05.
  2. 1 2 "María Clara Sharupi, Ecuador, Nación Shuar". www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  3. 1 2 "Autores indígenas quieren más obras en lenguas ancestrales". El Comercio. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  4. ↑ "Las Voces Inéditas de la Poesía Andina". Vanguardia. June 13–19, 2011.
  5. ↑ "María Clara Sharupi, poeta indígena ecuatoriana, invitada al #23_FIPM". Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
  6. ↑ "Maria Clara Sharupi Jua". www.poetrytranslation.org. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
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