Marianna Suleymanova is a writer and literary translator from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, living in Philadelphia. She is a contributing translator to ROAR (Resistance and Opposition Arts Review) Magazine, an anti-war publication founded by the writer Linor Goralik. She enjoys rendering the voices of contemporary Russian-language writers in English and is committed to amplifying dissident narratives. She is the winner of the 2024 Words Without Borders Momentum Grant. Her translations are out or forthcoming in Washington Square Review, Words Without Borders, The Offing, The Kenyon Review and Khōréō magazine. Her work has received support from Words Without Borders, Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, and the American Literary Translators Association.