Maria Elsa da Rocha
Indian writer and poet (1924–2007)
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Maria Elsa da Rocha (1924 – 2007) was an Indian short-story writer and poet in the Portuguese language.
Maria Elsa Gertrudes da Rocha | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1924 Aldoná |
| Died | 2007 (aged 82–83) |
| Occupation | Primary School Teacher |
| Genre | Short Story, Poetry |
Life
Maria Elsa da Rocha was a school teacher by profession, which took her all over Goa (and Damão). The experiences she accrued would feed into her stories, which were also often based on hearsay and anecdotes.[citation needed]
Works
Throughout the 1960s, Rocha contributed short stories to the Margão-based Portuguese language newspaper A Vida, in which she co-edited a cultural page together, and the Portuguese-language programme 'Renascença' broadcast on All-India Radio.[citation needed]
In 2005 a collection of her short stories appeared under the title Vivências Partilhadas [Shared Lives].[1]
Vivências Partilhadas
Vivências Partilhadas provides widest range of representations of the Goan subaltern in Portuguese-language Goan literature post-1961, with a particular focus on the experiences of women,[2] though this deep-seated sympathy at times appears to be at cross-purposes with a certain social conservatism.[3] Rocha's writing is notable for the use she makes of particularly Goan-inflected Portuguese and the considerable use of Konkani in her dialogues.