Catarina Alhinha was born in Setúbal, Portugal on May 23, 2000. She is a writer, student and researcher.  She holds a bachelor’s degree in Portuguese Studies from the University of Lisbon. Between 2022 and 2023, she integrated the research team for the European project VAST: Values Across Space and Time, dedicated to the area of fairy tales and digital humanities. In 2024, she published her first work of fiction entitled Des.aniversário: o livro por publicar, although she had previously contributed to academic journals, including Estranhar Pessoa in 2023. This book also inspired the creation of a photographic exhibition.

In a society that consumes information at an unprecedented pace, my writing invites readers to pause from their daily routines, challenging them with nuanced linguistic obstacles and presenting new ways to deconstruct the traditional book format. I celebrate the bizarre and the exaggerated, providing a voice for those who do not conform to society norms. The sounds of my writing play with multiplicity and change, traversing somber landscapes where we might encounter something profoundly strange or beautiful. I take particular interest in integrating words with visual arts such as painting and photography, as well as with theater. I am always in search of what could be truly brilliant.