Mayo

About Karla Marrufo

Karla Marrufo Huchim holds a Doctorate in Hispanic-American Literature from the Universidad Veracruzana. Her work has been recognized with several prestigious literary awards including: the 2005-2007 National Wilberto Cantón Award in Playwriting; the XVI José Díaz Bolio Poetry Prize for La Ciudad en Ti (Centro Cultural ProHispen 2016); and the 2014 National Dolores Castro in Narration for her novel  Mayo. She received a fellowship from the Program for the Encouragement of Creation and Artistic Development in Yucatán which resulted in the publication of her book Mérida lo Invisible (published under the title Arquitecturas de lo Invisible in its second printing). Allison A. deFreese has translated works by María Negroni Luis Chitarroni Amado Nervo and other Latin American writers. Her writing and literary translations have appeared in 60 magazines and journals including: Asymptote Solstice The New York Quarterly Quick Fiction and Southwestern American Literature.