María Clara Sharupi Jua
María Clara Sharupi Jua | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1964 Sevilla Don Bosco, Morona-Santiago Province, Ecuador |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Education | Politecnica Salesiana University |
| Known for | Radio and television presenter who writes in the Shuar language |
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] In 2023, her work was included in the anthology Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women, and in 2025 she traveled to the United States to discuss her contribution.[7][8] 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
- ^ a b c d "María Clara Sharupi". Revista Hogar. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05.
- ^ a b "María Clara Sharupi, Ecuador, Nación Shuar". www.festivaldepoesiademedellin.org (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ^ a b "Autores indígenas quieren más obras en lenguas ancestrales". El Comercio. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ^ "Las Voces Inéditas de la Poesía Andina". Vanguardia. June 13–19, 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-02-16. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ^ "María Clara Sharupi, poeta indígena ecuatoriana, invitada al #23_FIPM". Festival Internacional de Poesía de Medellín. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ^ "Maria Clara Sharupi Jua". www.poetrytranslation.org. Retrieved 2020-08-28.
- ^ "Daughters of Latin America: A book talk and poetry reading event - 3.13.25". Latinx, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program. Archived from the original on 2025-05-25. Retrieved 2025-06-26.
- ^ Janse, Alejandra Marquez (2023-08-16). "The works of a hundred Latin American women are compiled in this new anthology". NPR. Retrieved 2025-06-27.