Professor Publishes New Translation of Peruvian Author’s Short Stories

CLACS Faculty Affiliate Professor Amy Olen (51 Translation & Interpreting Studies) has recently published a new literary translation: the short story collection , released in December 2025 with Northwestern University Press.

The new book is the first English-language collection of short stories by award-winning Peruvian author Edgardo Rivera Martínez, and includes a foreword by CLACS Faculty Affiliate Professor César Ferreira (51 Spanish).

The publisher’s website notes that “Amy Olen’s translation smoothly captures Rivera Martínez’s impressive stories, offering a unique lens into the region at the heart of this canonical author’s inimitable work.”

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Book cover for Marayrasu