Kianny N. Antigua is a Senior Lecturer of Spanish at Dartmouth College, and an independent translator and adapter for Pepsqually VO Sound & Design, Inc. Antigua has published twenty-four books of children’s literature (seven by commission), five of short stories, two collections of poems, an anthology in two languages, a book of microfiction, and a novel. She has won sixteen literary awards and many of her texts have been included in anthologies, literary journals, newspapers and textbooks. Some have been translated into English, French and Italian. She is the translator (Eng./Spa.) and the audiobook narrator of Dominicana (Seven Stories Press, 2021), by Angie Cruz; translator of the children's novel Lucky Broken Girl, by Ruth Behar; the YA novel Never Look Back (Bloomsbury/Audible, 2022), by Lilliam Rivera; and the picture book Plantains Go with Everything (HarperCollins, 2023), by Lissette J. Norman.
She is represented by Dara Hyde of the Hill Nadell Literary Agency.
Kianny N. Antigua [República Dominicana, 1979] Narradora, poeta y traductora. Es profesora adjunta titular de español en Dartmouth College y trabaja como traductora y adaptadora independiente para Pepsqually VO & Sound Design, Inc. Antigua ha publicado veinticuatro libros de literatura infantil (siete por comisión), cinco de cuento, dos poemarios, una antología en dos idiomas, un libro de microficción y una novela. Ha ganado dieciséis premios literarios y sus textos aparecen en diversas antologías, libros de texto, revistas y otros medios. Algunos de sus relatos, además, han sido traducidos al inglés, al francés y al italiano. Es la traductora y narradora de la novela Dominicana (Seven Stories Press, 2021), de Angie Cruz; traductora de la novela infantil Mi buena mala suerte, de Ruth Behar (Penguin Random Publishing House, 2022); de la novela juvenil Nunca mires atrás, de Lilliam Rivera (Bloomsbury/Audible, 2022); y del álbum ilustrado Los plátanos van con todo (HarperCollins, 2023), de Lissette J. Norman.
Agente literaria: Dara Hyde, de Hill Nadell Literary Agency.
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