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Marta López Luaces’s work centers on the intersection of socially engaged fiction, contemporary poetry, translation, and bilingual literary programming. Across her novels and poetry collections, she explores ecological collapse, structural and gender based violence, LGBTQ+ precarity, and the possibilities of survival and resistance within Latin American and transnational contexts.
Her artistic practice has been recognized internationally. Her novel Los traductores del viento received the International Latino Book Award for Best Fantasy Novel (2014), and her poetry collection Los arquitectos del imaginario was a finalist for the prestigious Ausiàs March Award. She was also honored as a Speaker for the Humanities of New York City (2003–2005), a distinction recognizing her public facing contribution to cultural and literary life.
Translation is a core pillar of her artistic identity. She translates major contemporary poets and curates bilingual projects that expand access to U.S., Latin American, and Spanish language poetry. Her editorial and curatorial work—including large scale bilingual anthologies and digital reading series—foregrounds cross cultural exchange as both an artistic method and a public humanities practice.
Together, her writing, translations, and programming advance a hemispheric understanding of literature, strengthen bilingual and transnational poetics, and cultivate spaces where readers, students, and communities can engage across languages, traditions, and lived experiences.

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• Galerna: Revista Internacional de literatura
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