Felipe Arruda is a 31 years old cultural manager and creative writer from São Paulo, Brazil, living in Berlin since October 2011. He holds a bachelor´s degree in Social Communication Studies and has nine years of experience managing cultural projects in the arts field. As a writer, Felipe works with the concept of Ekphrasis (the graphic, often dramatic description of a visual work of art), having pictures and contemporary artworks as inspiration for his short stories. His interest comes from the poetic potential existing in every image and which can be explored through literature – either prose or poetry.
In São Paulo, Felipe has worked with writers, visual artists and musicians in collaborative art projects joining different media. Some of his fiction texts have been published in literature magazines and short story anthologies in Brazil in the past three years, being two of them awarded by national literature contests (Piauí and CEPE Publishing House). He is a member of the art + literature collective Edith HYPERLINK “http://www.visiteedith.com” www.visiteedith.com and has recently finished his first book, Effects, to be released in Brazil in 2012.
