Heather Cleary

About The Author

Heather Cleary, a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow, is a translator of poetry and prose from Spanish whose work has been recognized by the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute, the National Book Foundation, English PEN, and the International Booker Prize, among others. The author of The Translator's Visibility: Scenes from Contemporary Latin American Fiction, she holds a PhD from Columbia University and is currently writing a novel about translation and betrayal.

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Books by Heather Cleary

Only a Little While Here

A Novel

By María Ospina

Translated by Heather Cleary

Winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize • Winner of Colombia’s National Novel Award

This prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the inextricable human and natural worlds.

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LIST PRICE $39.00

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Pink Slime

A Novel

By Fernanda Trías

Translated by Heather Cleary

Longlisted for the NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated Literature • Named a BEST BOOK of the Year by NPR, Esquire, Publishers Weekly, and ScreenRant • “The disconcerting familiarity of this strange, windswept world will haunt you.” ...

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LIST PRICE $26.00

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