Teresa Ruiz Rosas

{{short description|Peruvian writer and translator (born 1956)}}

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Teresa Ruiz Rosas (born 1956) is a Peruvian writer and translator.[http://www.mertin-litag.de/authors_htm/Ruiz-T.htm Bio] She was born in Arequipa and was educated in Arequipa, Budapest, Barcelona and Freiburg. Her debut novel El copista was nominated for the 1994 Premio Herralde. She was also a nominee for the 1999 Premio Juan Rulfo for short stories.

Ruiz Rosas lives in Cologne where, besides writing, she also translates German literature and Hungarian literature into Spanish.