Julia Wong Kcomt

She was heavily influenced by her Chinese Peruvian heritage and her experiences living across continents, between South America, Asia, and Europe.

[3] She won the University of Lima's Floral Games with her set of poems "Confesiones de mi tierra caliente" ("Confessions of My Hot Land").

[3] She enrolled in the Romance Studies Department at the University of Stuttgart, and later moved to Tübingen and Freiburg, where she became increasingly interested in Sinology, philosophy and theology.

[3][4][5] Wong Kcomt began publishing poetry in the 1990s, starting with the collection Historia de una gorda ("Story of a Fat Woman"), and gained greater recognition the following decade with books such as Los últimos blues de Buddha ("Buddha's Last Blues") and Iguazú.

[6] Wong Kcomt was involved with organizations centered around the Chinese-descendant experience in Latin America, such as Tusanaje and Chiaarte.

[9][10] Her book 11 palabras, which she wrote while battling cancer, was nominated for best short story collection in the 2024 Luces Awards.