Jorge Alejandro Ccoyllurpuma (Peru, 1987) is a poet, translator and musician. He studied Literature and Linguistics at the National University of Arequipa, where he co-founded the independent publishing house Dragostea. He later led projects dedicated to the revitalization and visibility of Peru’s indigenous languages. In 2020, he founded Chiri Uchu TXT, a literary translation company that builds bridges across the Global South through poetry, music, tourism, and business. Ccoyllurpuma spends his time between South African and Peru.
The sky blue sword of your body is Ccoyllurpuma’s first English poetry collection, selected and translated from the Spanish by the prize-winning South African poet Pieter Madibuseng Odendaal. This visionary collection explores themes of nature, decoloniality, spirituality and love, traversing two continents and forging a futuristic vision for a world ravaged by the Anthropocene.
