About

Roxana Crisólogo Correa

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

Her most recent book, Esta canción no termina de salir de mi boca, was published by Álbum del Universo Bakterial in 2025. Dónde dejar tanto ruido (Where to Leave This Much Noise), another of her poetry books, was first published by the Peruvian press Álbum del Universo Bakterial in December 2023; a second edition appeared with Cinosargo Editores (Chile) 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 (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.

A selection of her poetry in French, Un jour je m’en irai sans rien emporter (Un día me iré sin llevarme nada), was published by Éditions KLAC in 2024 with support from the Institut Français, the City of Bordeaux, and Bordeaux Métropole. In Italian, Sotto sopra il cielo (Seri Editore) brings together a selection of her work, while Eisbrecher (Hochroth Verlag, Berlin, 2017) presents poems in German. In Finnish, Alhaalla taivaan yllä was published by Kääntöpiiri (Helsinki, 2001), and Kauneus will appear in Finnish translation with Aviador Helsinki in 2026.

Translations of her poetry into English have appeared in Words Without Borders, LIT Magazine (MFA in Creative Writing at The New School), Tupelo Quarterly, Gulf Coast, Michigan Quarterly Review, and Modern Poetry in Translation, among others.

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

She 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 was part of Somos La Colectiva, a group of women poets and artists based in Helsinki.

As a translator from Finnish into Spanish, she co-edited the anthologies Prohibido caminar con niños (POESIAconC, Sweden, 2010) and Los abejorros zumban en la ventana (Erizo Editora, Argentina, 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 at book fairs in Guadalajara and Buenos Aires. Her literary and cultural projects have been supported by Finnish institutions including Suomen Kulttuurirahasto, FILI, TAIKE, the Kari Mattila Foundation, and the Kone Foundation, among others.

She lives and works between Lima and Helsinki.