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Juana Peñate Montejo

Juana Peñate Montejo is a Ch'ol poet from Tumbalá, Chiapas, Mexico, who writes in Ch'ol and self-translates into Spanish. She has published several poetry books in both languages. Her collection Isoñil Ja'al / Danza de la Lluvia won the 2020 Premio de Literaturas Indígenas de América. She directs the Casa de la Cultura in Tumbalá, where she teaches Ch'ol literacy and traditional arts to young people.

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