A celebrated Mapuche poet, Liliana Ancalao was born in 1961 in Puel Mapu, or what is more commonly known around the world today as Argentina. There she helped to found Ñamkulawen, a Mapuche community group working to protect and advance Mapuche culture. Her books of poetry include Rokiñ provisiones para el viaje, Mujeres a la intemperie-pu zomo wekuntu mew and Tejido con lana cruda, and she has published the book of essays with poetry Resuello- neyen. She has been widely anthologized internationally, and her work has been translated into English and French.