<p>Born in 1941, Armonía Somers was a Uruguayan feminist, pedagogue, novelist, and short story writer. Though considered to be part of the literary generation of 1945 in Uruguay, her style and use of a pseudonym set her apart. She passed away in May 1994. <em>The Naked Woman </em>is her first novel translated into English.</p>
<p>Kit Maude is a Spanish-to-English translator based in Buenos Aires. His translations of stories by Latin American authors have been featured in <em>Granta</em>, <em>The Literary Review,</em> and <em>The Short Story Project</em>, among other publications. He writes reviews for <em>Ñ</em>, <em>Otra Parte</em>, and the <em>Times Literary Supplement</em>.</p>
<p>Elena Chavez Goycochea is a PhD candidate in Latin-American, Iberian and Latino Cultures at The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her research interests include Latin-American and Caribbean women’s writing, contemporary Afro-Brazilian literature, and literatures from transitional periods. She teaches at the Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures at City College of New York.</p>