Diego Isaias Hernández Méndez, Convirtiéndose en characoteles / Sorcerers Changing into Their Animal Forms (detail), 2013, oil on canvas. Arte Maya Tz’utujil Collection, featured in AGNI 99
from Infernal Splendor
Translated from the Spanish by Matthew Byrne
Published:
Róger Lindo
Róger Lindo is a Salvadoran poet and journalist most known for his writing in Los Angeles’s La Opinión, the largest Spanish-language newspaper in the United States. He is the author of the poetry collection Los infiernos espléndidos (1998) and two novels: El perro en la niebla (2008) and La isla de los monos (2016). (updated 4/2024)
Matthew Byrne
Matthew Byrne is a writer and translator whose work has appeared in Guernica, AGNI, Gulf Coast, West Branch, Asymptote, The Brooklyn Rail, and elsewhere. He lives in Oakland. (updated 4/2024)
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