Julia Wong Kcomt

Julia Wong Kcomt (1965 – 13 March 2024) was a Peruvian writer and cultural manager. The author of dozens of poetry collections, novels, short story collections, and other works, Wong Kcomt addressed themes of identity, migration, and womanhood. She was heavily influenced by her Chinese Peruvian heritage and her experiences living across continents, between South America, Asia, and Europe.

Biography Julia Wong Kcomt was born in 1965 in Chepén, Peru. Her father was an immigrant from China, and her mother was tusán, a Peruvian of Chinese ancestry. She won the University of Lima's Floral Games with her set of poems "Confesiones de mi tierra caliente" ("Confessions of My Hot Land"). She also studied literature and humanities at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Wong Kcomt moved to Macau, where her father had lived throughout her childhood.

Wong Kcomt began publishing poetry in the 1990s, starting with the collection Historia de una gorda ("Story of a Fat Woman"), and gained greater recognition the following decade with books such as Los últimos blues de Buddha ("Buddha's Last Blues") and Iguazú.

Wong Kcomt was involved with organizations centered around the Chinese-descendant experience in Latin America, such as Tusanaje and Chiaarte.

Wong Kcomt's writing was published in various virtual formats, poetry magazines, and specialized publications. She published dozens of poetry collections and works of prose, including novels, essays, and short stories. Her writing is marked by themes of migration and identity.

Her book 11 palabras, which she wrote while battling cancer, was nominated for best short story collection in the 2024 Luces Awards. La tercera guerra lunar. Spain: Liliputienses, 2023.

Prose Bocetos para un cuadro de Familia (novella). Borrador Editores, 2008, Lima, Peru. Margarita no quiere crecer (stories). Borrador Editores, 2010, Lima, Peru. Doble Felicidad (novel). Editatú, 2012, Lima, Peru. Los papeles rotos. Textos extraños. Ediciones El viaje, 2014, Guadalajara, Mexico. Mongolia (novel). Animal de Invierno, 2015, 2023, Lima, Peru. Pessoa por Wong. Hannan Harawi, 2017, Lima, Peru. Aquello que perdimos en la Arena (novel). Editorial Peisa, 2019, Lima, Peru. Océano al revés (novel). Ediciones Altazor, 2021, Lima, Peru. Cuaderno negro de Almada (novel). Editorial Gafas Moradas, 2022, Lima, Peru. La tercera guerra lunar. Ediciones Liliputienses, 2022, Spain. 11 palabras. Cocodrilo Ediciones, 2023, Lima, Peru.