Javier Pariona Salvatierra

Javier Pariona Salvatierra (Lircay, Huancavelica) is a bilingual poeta and writer in Quechua and Spanish and a cultural promoter. He teaches Communications at rural educational institutions. His poems were selected for Harawinchis: Poesía quechua contemporánea (1904-2021). His books include Killapa Chukchan (2021), Yakura waytita del viento y la lluvia (2022), and Rumiryaku (short stories in Quechua, 2025). For his Spanish-language poetry, he took first place in the first Premio Internacional César Vallejo “Red Sacha Perú” (2025) and first place in the tenth Concurso Nacional de Poesía “Asonansas” (2024). He was also a finalist for the eighth Concurso Nacional de Poesía “Huauco de Oro” (2024), and he took second place in the ninth Concurso Nacional de Poesía “Asonansas” (2023) and in the thirtieth Premio Nacional “Horacio Zeballos Gámez” (2022). For his Quechua-language fiction, he received first place in the first Bienal de Narrativa “Vitaqura” (2022) and an honorable mention in the second Concurso del Cuento de las Mil Palabras (2022). He was likewise the winner of the Premio Nacional Bicentenario “Nuestros Relatos” (2020) and took third place in the twenty-fourth Premio Nacional “Horacio Zeballos Gámez” for myths and legends (2015).