Writer · Translator · Artist

Sofia
Navarro

Essays on language, body, and memory. Literary translations from French and Portuguese. Performance work tracing the space between text and presence.

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§ 01 — About

A little about me

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Madrid, 2024

I live between languages — drawn to the edges of things, to what cannot quite be said in one tongue alone.

My essays move through cultural identity, translation theory, and the way bodies hold memory across time and displacement. I've written for literary journals across Europe and Latin America, in Spanish, English, and French.

My translation work bridges French and Portuguese into Spanish and English, with a focus on contemporary literary fiction and critical essays. I also work as a book editor, collaborating closely with authors on voice, structure, and form.

In parallel, I maintain a practice in movement and visual work: contemporary dance and modeling as a way of thinking through the body what the page cannot always hold.

Literary essays Cultural criticism French → English Portuguese → Spanish Book editing Contemporary dance Modeling
§ 02 — Writing

Essays & Articles

Granta

The Silence Between Languages

On the voids that live inside translation — what survives the crossing, and what cannot.

2024
The White Review

On Being a Body in Someone Else's Story

A meditation on modeling, gaze, and authorship of the self.

2023
Self-published

Fever Notes: A Journal of Becoming

A series of personal essays written during six months of dislocation and return.

2023
The Kenyon Review

What We Carry Across

On fidelity, loss, and the ethics of translation as an act of care.

2022
Letras Libres

Notas sobre el Exilio Interior

Una exploración del extrañamiento como condición creativa y política.

2021
§ 03 — Translations & Editions

Books & Editions

L'Origine des Larmes Jean-Paul Dubois

L'Origine des Larmes

Jean-Paul Dubois

Translator · French → English

A Noite A Noite dos Cem Dias Bessa-Luís

A Noite dos Cem Dias

Agustina Bessa-Luís

Translator · Portuguese → Spanish

Archive of Small Fires Various Authors · Editor

Archive of Small Fires

Various Authors

Editor · Anthology

Cartas desde el Silencio Cartas desde el Silencio Aponte Alsina · Ed. & Tr.

Cartas desde el Silencio

Marta Aponte Alsina

Editor & Translator

§ 04 — Performance

Movement & Presence

A parallel practice in contemporary dance and editorial work — exploring rhythm, composition, and the body as a site of meaning. Selected collaborations, 2020–2024.

Contemporary dance performance, Barcelona 2024
Editorial shoot, 2023
Movement study, 2023
Sala Beckett, Barcelona 2022
§ 05 — Contact

Let's be
in touch.