Angélica Freitas was born in Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is the author of three books of poetry—Rilke shake (2007), Um Útero é do tamanho de um punho (2012), and Canções de atormentar (2020). In 2020-2021 she is a guest of DAAD’s Berlinerkunstlerprogramme. Her writing represents a contemporary voice in literature by women and LGBT+ authors from Brazil.