Translation
Jennifer Shyue is a translator from Spanish focused on contemporary Cuban and Asian Peruvian writers. She aims to facilitate multidirectional conversations across the Asian diaspora(s) in América/the Americas, and she translates toward readers who embrace the linguistic logic of codeswitching. Her work has appeared in AGNI, MCSWEENEY’S, and
POETRY and has received support from the Cornell Institute for Comparative Modernities, English PEN, the Fulbright Program, and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her translations include Julia Wong Kcomt’s poetry collection A BLIND SALMON and Augusto Higa Oshiro’s novel THE ENLIGHTENMENT OF KATZUO NAKAMATSU, which received the ALTA First Translation Prize
During her residency Shyue will translate the stories of Augusto Higa Oshiro, a celebrated Peruvian writer of Okinawan descent. She will also work with students at the youth center.