Briceida Cuevas
Briceida Cuevas, also known as Briceida Cuevas Cob is a Mayan poet. She writes poems about everyday life in Yucatec Maya, many of which have been translated into Spanish, French and English. She is a member of Escritores en Lenguas Indigenas A.C., and a corresponding member of the Academia [Mexicana de la Lengua].
Selected works
- Flor y canto: cinco poetas indígenas del sur, INI/UNESCO, Tabasco, 1993.
- In pákat yétel júntul t'el: Tumbén Ikʼtʼanil ich Mayaʼ Tʼan '''', España, 1994.
- U yokʼol auat pekʼ, Casa Internacional del Escritor, Quintana Roo, 1995.
- Jeʼ bix kʼin, 1998.
- Las lenguas de América. Recital de poesía, UNAM, La Pluralidad Cultural en México, 2005.
- Voci di Antiche Radici, dieci poeti indigeni del Méssico, Trieste, Italia, 2005.
- Tiʼ u billil in nookʼ /Del dobladillo de mi ropa, 2008.
- U t'íibta'al cháak : u múuch ts'íibil ik'il t'aano'ob yéetel tsikbalo'ob ich Maya yétel kaselan = Escribiendo la lluvia : antología literaria en lengua maya-español. Campeche, 2012.
- Lenguas de Mexico: Maya, 2019.
Selected works translated into English
- Four poems by Briceida Cuevas Cob (from U yok’ol auat pek’ ti kuxtal pek’,
- Two Poems
- ''School''