Josefina Plá

Though born in Spain, critics identify her body of work with Paraguay. She both contributed greatly to the latter country’s cultural development and resided there for the greater part of her life.

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Cristina Pérez Martínez

Cristina Pérez Martínez’s poetry has been published in the books “Yisimtak ts’unubil, semilla y raices” and “Buch’u Shainoj li vitse ¿Quién habita esta montaña?.”

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Elsa Tió

Elsa Tió wrote her first chapbook at the age of seven, and went on to publish poetry collections including Poesía (Poetry) (1959); Detrás de los espejos empañados (Behind Fogged Mirrors) (1977), winner of the Bolívar Pagán National Book Award; Inventario de la soledad (Inventory of Solitude) (1988), also winner of the Bolívar Pagán Award; and Palabras sin escolta (Unguarded Words) (2007).

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Enza García Arreaza

Enza García Arreaza is the author of numerous books of poetry and short fiction, among them Cállate poco a poco (Shut Up Slowly) (2008), El animal intacto (Intact Animal) (2015), and Cosmonauta (Cosmonaut) (2020).

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Gloria Stolk

Gloria Stolk is the author of several books of poetry, prose and essays, including Bela Vegas, Amargo el fondo, Cuentos del Caribe and La casa del viento.

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Carmen Boullosa

Carmen Boullosa is the author of seventeen novels, fifteen poetry collections, four plays, two collections of short stories, and a screenplay.

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Cecilia Bustamante

Cecilia Bustamante is the author of nine poetry books. She also worked as journalist and is known to be the first female editorial writer in Peru for the newspaper La Tribuna.

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