Tatiana Oroño was born in San José, Uruguay, in 1947. She is the author of seven books, including La Piedra Nada Sabe (Estuario, 2008), Morada móvil (Artefato, 2004), and Tout fut ce qui ne fut pas/ Todo tuvo la forma que no tuvo (Éscrits des Forges, 2002). Her poetry has been published in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Chile, El Salvador, Spain, France, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.