EDGARDO RIVERA MARTÍNEZ (1933-2018) was a prolific Peruvian writer, critic, and translator who published novels, short stories, essays, travel chronicles, anthologies, poetry, and literary and cultural studies. His celebrated novel País de Jauja (Jauja Country, 1993) was a finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos Literary Prize.

AMY OLEN is an associate professor in the Translation and Interpreting Studies program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.