Cristina Peri Rossi

Cristina Peri Rossi (Montevideo, Uruguay, November 12, 1941) is a Uruguayan writer, translator, and political activist exiled in Spain since 1972 and living in Barcelona, ​​where she spent most of her literary career.
According to critic Seymour Menton, she is one of the most prominent contemporary storytellers in Uruguay since the 1950s, while the magazine editors Confluence They claim that "she is considered one of the most important writers in Spanish, translated into more than twenty languages, including Yiddish and Korean." However, she was censored during the military dictatorship that ruled Uruguay from 1973 to 1985. Her work was banned in the country, as was the mention of her name in the media. Despite her exile in Spain under Franco's regime, and later in Paris, the author continued to publish works of high political content and remained involved in activism outside of Uruguay.
Peri Rossi is a pioneering author and the only female writer associated with the Latin American boom, a movement generally linked to authors such as Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Carlos Fuentes. She has translated works by Clarice Lispector and Monique Wittig, and has contributed to Spanish-language publications such as... Diary 16, The Newspaper and EFE News Agency.