Hugo Dos Santos

Hugo dos Santos is a Luso-American writer and translator. He is the author of Then, there (Spuyten Duyvil, 2019), a collection of Newark stories, and the translator of Homecoming (Arquipelago Press, 2024) and A Child in Ruins (Writ Large Press, 2016), a staff pick at the Paris Review Daily. 

Hugo's poetry and fiction shine a light on the beauty, complexity, and pain of the immigrant experience and of life in the inner city. In his translations, Hugo celebrates contemporary Portuguese literature. 

Hugo has received fellowships from MacDowell and the Disquiet International Literary Program, and his work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and appeared in publications in the US, Portugal, and India, including Barrelhouse, Bat City Review, Electric Literature, Hobart, The Common, The Fanzine, and elsewhere. 

Hugo lives in New Jersey with his wife and three children. You can follow him and his work via his website, hugodossantos.com.