Heather Cleary is an award-winning translator of poetry and prose whose work has been recognised by English PEN, the National Book Foundation, and the Mellon Foundation, among others.

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Heather Cleary
Biography
Awards
- Winner of the 2025 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
- Shortlisted for the 2026 Dymocks Book of the Year Award
- Longlisted for the 2025 The International Booker Prize
- Winner of the 2024 PEN Translates Award
- Winner of the 2021 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize
- Longlisted for the 2024 National Book Awards for Translated Literature



