born in rio de janeiro in 1979, marilia garcia is a poet, professor, translator, and editor. in 2001 she published encontro às cegas (encounter the blind), followed in 2007 by engano geográfico (geographic deception) and 20 poemas para o seu walkman, or 20 poems for your walkman.

this third book gained her public recognition and the 2008 portugal telecom prize - garcia studied writing at the state university of rio de janeiro, where she defended a dissertation velocidades e vozes, or velocities and voices, about the haroldo de campos book, galáxias.

her words have been translated to spanish, french, german, swiss, and english for publication in other countries. garcia has also participated in a series of prestigious poetry workshops and festivals.