Oriette (Venezuela, 1990) is a writer, researcher, and visual artist. She holds a law degree from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Spanish at the University of Iowa, where she also completed an MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish and earned a Certificate in Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies. She also holds a Master’s in Digital Communications & Media Arts from DePaul University in Chicago.
She is the founder and director of the independent press Digopalabra Ediciones, the literary magazine Digopalabra.txt, and the research project #PoetasVenezolanas. She is the author of the poetry collections A tu cuerpo (Scrambler Books, 2025) En mi boca se abrirá la noche (Libero Editorial, 2023) Pájaro que muerde. Diario de Iowa, 2018–2019 (LP5 Editora, 2022) and Cardiopatías (Monte Ávila Editores, 2016 winner of the Emerging Writers Prize, 2014). Cardiopatías was translated into English by Lupita Eyde-Tucker as Homeland of Swarms (co.im.press, 2024), which was a finalist for the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation in 2025. She was also a finalist for the Paz Prize for Poetry in 2024.
With Scrambler, Oriette assists with the acquisition and editing of books from the Spanish-language market. She also helps with cover design.
