Ana Clavel

Es maestra en Letras Latinoamericanas por la UNAM. Entre sus obras de narrativa breve destacan Fuera de escena (1984), Amorosos de atar (1992), Paraísos trémulos (Alfaguara 2002), Amor y otros suicidios (2012) y CorazoNadas (2023). Premio Nacional de Cuento Gilberto Owen 1991. Medalla de Plata 2004 de la Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres de Francia.

Han sido traducidas sus novelas Los deseos y su sombra (Alfaguara 2000), Cuerpo náufrago (Alfaguara 2005), El dibujante de sombras (Alfaguara 2009), Las Violetas son flores del deseo (Alfaguara 2007), que obtuvo el Premio de Novela Corta Juan Rulfo 2005 de Radio Francia Internacional, y Breve tratado del corazón (Alfaguara 2019).

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Experience, narrative, and resilience

Joseph Zárate

Lima, (1986)
Journalist and editor. He received the Eccles Institute & Hay Festival Global 2025 Literature Award, the Gabo Award 2018 in the text category, the Ortega y Gasset Award 2016 for best story, and the National PAGE Award 2015 for environmental journalism created by the United Nations Organization (UN). He is the author of Guerras del interior (Debate, 2018), non-fiction book about socio-environmental conflicts caused by the exploitation of gold, wood and oil in the Andes and the Amazon. For his chronicles about funeral work during the covid-19 pandemic in Peru, collected in his book Algo nuestro sobre la Tierra (Random House Literature, 2021), received the 2020 National Journalism Award, Special Mention at the 2022 National Literature Award in the non-fiction category, and was nominated for the 2020/21 True Story Award. His work is included in the collective books En otro país (Candaya, 2024), Rabia. Crónicas contra el cinismo en América Latina (Anagram, 2022), Volver a contar. Escritores de América Latina en los archivos del Museo Británico (Anagrama, 2022), Un mundo lleno de futuro (Planeta, 2017), Eduardo Galeano, un ilegal en el paraíso (Siglo XXI, 2016), among other publications. He is currently a professor of non-fiction in the creative writing master's degree at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) and has been part of Amazonias, the ancestral future, an exhibition of the Center for Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) dedicated to knowledge and biodiversity of this region of the world.

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The journey of a travel chronicle
The other side of the essay

Ignacio Piedrahíta

He is a writer and a geologist. His work combines science and literature. He is the author of several books around the Earth, including Grávido río (Magdalena River), Al oído de la cordillera (Andes Mountain Range), El velo que cubre la piedra (stories about stones, travel and literature) and La verdad de los ríos (essay for Comisión de la Verdad). Regularly collaborates with the newspaper Universo Centro from Medellín, where he writes about nature and the city. He is the creator of AMAH la Tierra, a digital initiative dedicated to scientific dissemination, and the appreciation of natural phenomena. Website: www.ignaciopiedrahita.com | Instagram: @agromena. @amahlatierra.

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The journey of a travel chronicle

Elma Correa

Es originaria de Mexicali, Baja California, donde coordina un encuentro internacional de escritores y gestiona @habitaciones_propias, una comunidad virtual en el que las mujeres del mundo comparten los espacios donde crean. Es licenciada en lengua y literatura hispanoamericana, maestra en estudios socioculturales y doctora en sociedad, espacio y poder. Escribió Que parezca un accidente (Nitro/Press, 2018), Mentiras que no te conté (UDG, 2021) con el que recibió el XX Premio Nacional de Cuento Juan José Arreola; Llorar de fiesta (BUAP, 2022); Lo simple (INBAL, 2023) Premio Bellas Artes de Cuento San Luis Potosí Amparo Dávila y La novia del león (Nitro/Press, 2024).

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The journey of a travel chronicle