Katya Adaui
Katya Adaui (born 14 February 1977) is a Peruvian writer. She was born in Lima, lived in Pueblo Libre and studied journalism at Bausate y Mesa and then creative writing at the Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero in Buenos Aires. She won in 2023 the Peruvian National Literature Prize in the short story category. She is the author of several books, among them the short story collections Geografía de la oscuridad (Páginas de Espuma, 2021), Aquí hay icebergs (Penguin Random House, 2017) and Algo se nos ha escapado (Criatura Editora, 2013). She has also written 2 novels: Quiénes somos ahora (Random House, Mapa de las Lenguas 2023) and Nunca sabré lo que entiendo (Planeta, 2014); also the children's books: Pedro Paulet, el lector-inventor for the National Library Of Perú, Todo puede ser otra cosa (Mónimo), Patichueca (Beascoa) y Muy Muy en Bora Bora (Beascoa). Adaui's story collection Aquí hay icebergs has been translated by Rosalind Harvey for Charco Press. She lives in Buenos Aires where she teaches the writing workshop of the Arts of Writing career at the Universidad Nacional de las Artes. References

Peruvian women writers
1977 births
Living people