Luis R. Mitras

I am from South Africa and I am based in Europe.

I write.

I don't really write stories. When I was younger, I used to write fiction. It was when I realized that in writing fiction I was also telling the story of my life that I turned to studying what was behind the fiction that others wrote. That's when my interest in psychobiography began. I have written the biography of a famous author, and I have also written a full-length study where I have tried to come up with a model for a forensic psychoanalysis.

I have published other more academic-ish works: essays and that sort of thing.

Originally, I trained in psychology. Subsequently, I trained in archaeology and forensic anthropology. I teach biological anthropology.

When I am not in a library or in a classroom, you will find me out in the open digging up old bones. These places where I find myself are often lonely and desolate, and far removed from the comforts of civilization. Sometimes I will be away in one of these places for weeks at a stretch.

Finally, I used to do literary translations. I have translated novels and poetry. I have edited and translated an anthology of Mozambican poetry in translation. At present, I am not really doing any of this sort of work.