In 2026, Liliana Valenzuela was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters, an honor society that recognizes distinctive literary achievement. She is the author of the poetry collection Codex of Love: Bendita ternura (FlowerSong Press, 2020), which received an honorable mention in the Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award contest of the 2022 International Latino Book Awards. She has also published the chapbook Codex of Journeys: Bendito camino (Mouthfeel Press, 2013) and several artisan chapbooks. Her poems, essays, and stories have appeared in Edinburgh Review, Huizache, Indiana Review, Tigertail, ANMLY, and other publications. She has held residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Dairy Hollow, and the Tasajillo Residency. Valenzuela is also the acclaimed Spanish-language translator of works by Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, Cristina García, Dagoberto Gilb, John Olivares Espinoza, and many other writers. In 2006, she received the Alicia Gordon Award for Word Artistry in Translation. Her most recent translation is the poetry book Mujer sin vergüenza by Sandra Cisneros (Vintage Español, 2022). A CantoMundo and Macondo fellow, she’s a longtime Austin resident and a University of Texas at Austin alumna.

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