Miriane Pellegrino holds a PhD in Literature from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where part of her research focused on contemporary Angolan literature through studies at Agostinho Neto University in Angola. Her academic research has also taken her to Germany, where she completed research internships at the Romanisches Seminar at the University of Mannheim and the Portugiesisch-Brasilianisches Institut at the University of Cologne, as well as to the Amilcar Cabral Center for Social Studies in Guinea-Bissau. Alongside her academic work, Miriane has worked as a freelance cultural producer for Brazilian embassies. Through international cooperation initiatives, she has organised spoken-word poetry competitions at Brazilian institutes across African member countries of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP). She is currently conducting postdoctoral research at the University of São Paulo and publishes her work under the name Miriane Pellegrino.
