Maria Esther Maciel

Maria Esther Maciel is professor of Comparative Literature at the Federal University of Minas Gerais and collaborates in the graduate program in Literary Theory of the University of Campinas. She is also a researcher with the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and a writer. She has published, among other titles: A memória das coisas – ensaios de literatura, cinema e artes plásticas; O animal escrito – um olhar sobre a zooliteratura contemporânea; Literatura e animalidade; Pequena enciclopédia de seres comuns; and has edited Pensar/escrever o animal.