5 Contemporary Peruvian Writers You Should Know
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- 29 Aug 2022
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You hear Peruvian literature, you possibly think Mario Vargas Llosa, maybe César Vallejo. Perhaps Blanca Varela.
Or maybe you’re much more informed than the Google results which pull up an impressively robust roster of male, Spanish-language writers. Maybe you’re in-the-know about Quechua-language, Nikkei, and Tusán authors. Or—gasp!—women and non-binary writers.
If you’re not, don’t fret, because here are my picks for five contemporary Peruvian writers you should know (and read).
Gabriela Wiener
Madrid-based Peruvian writer Gabriela Wiener (Lima, 1975) is one of the most interesting essayists, poets, columnists, and journalists working today. Her work has been translated into English, Portuguese, Polish, and more. Amongst her best-known works are Sexographies (trans. Lucy Greaves and Juana Adcock), Nine Moons (trans. Jessica Powell), and Llamada perdida. For her reporting on gender violence, Wiener won Peru’s National Journalism Award.
Claudia Ulloa Donoso
Although born in Lima in 1979, Claudia Ulloa Donoso is based in Norway, where she received her master’s degree in Spanish literature and currently teaches Spanish and Norwegian. To date, she’s the author of the short story collections El pez que aprendió a caminar and Little Bird (in Lily Meyer’s first full-length translation). In 2017, Ulloa Donoso was named one of the Bogotá39. Read More…
