About

Roxana Crisólogo Correa
(Peru / Finland) is a poet, cultural worker, and translator. She was a writer-in-residence at the prestigious International Writing Program (IWP) at the University of Iowa (2025).

Her most recent book, Esta canción no termina de salir de mi boca, was published by Álbum del Universo Bakterial in 2025.

Her collection Dónde dejar tanto ruido (Where to Leave This Much Noise) was first published by the Peruvian press Álbum del Universo Bakterial in December 2023. A second edition appeared with Cinosargo Editores in 2024, and a third edition was released by the Argentine publisher Gog & Magog in 2025.

Kauneus (Beauty), first published in 2021, was reissued by Ediciones Nebliplateada in Buenos Aires in 2023 and by RIL Editores (Spain) in 2025.

She has also published the poetry books Abajo sobre el cielo (1999), Animal del camino (2000), Ludy D (2006), and Trenes (El Billar de Lucrecia, Mexico 2010; reissued by Ediciones Libros del Cardo, Chile, 2019).

Her books and anthologies of her work have been translated into French, Italian, and German. Un jour je m´en irai sans rien emporter (Un día me iré sin llevarme nada) is a French-language selection published by Éditions KLAC with support from the Institut Français, Ville de Bordeaux, and Bordeaux Métropole. The book was launched in March 2024, during her participation in the Writer-in-Residence Program at Villa Valmont in Bordeaux, France.

Sotto sopra il cielo (Abajo sobre el cielo) is an Italian anthology of her work published by Seri Editore, and a selection of her poems appeared in German under the title Eisbrecher (Hochroth Verlag, Berlin, 2017). Alhaalla taivaan yllä (Kääntöpiiri, Helsinki, 2001) is the Finnish translation of her first book Abajo sobre el cielo.

One of her most significant contributions to the literary scene in Finland is the founding of the Sivuvalo Platform in 2013. Between 2023 and 2024, serving as Vice-President of Sivuvalo, she received a second Kone Foundation grant to develop the literature and translation project New Havens & Humanoids, led by translator, literary critic, and poet José Luis Rico.

Crisólogo has also coordinated the multilingual literature and translation project Nordic Exchange in Literature alongside Swedish translator and editor Petronella Zetterlund, supported by Nordic cultural funds. She has been an active member of Kiila, the Finnish Left-Wing Writers and Artists Association, and part of Somos La Colectiva, a group of women poets and artists based in Helsinki.

As a translator from Finnish, she co-edited the anthologies Prohibido caminar con niños (Sweden, POESIAconC, 2010) and Los abejorros zumban en la ventana (Argentina, Erizo Editora, 2013).

She has participated in major international literary events, including the International Literature Festival Berlin (2025), and has presented her work at academic institutions such as New York University (NYU), The New School, and the University of Iowa, as well as book fairs including Guadalajara and Buenos Aires. Her literary and cultural projects have been supported by Finnish institutions such as Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, FILI, TAIKE, the Kari Mattila Foundation, and the Kone Foundation, among others.

She lives and works in Helsinki.