Heleen Oomen (1988) is a literary translator from Spanish into Dutch. She received an MA in Literary Translation form Utrecht University and is currently a teacher in the same Master's programme. She translated short stories and columns for various festivals and literary magazines in the Netherlands. Her first book translation, the novel Umami by the Mexican author Laia Jufresa, appeared in 2017. She is also an editor of the Dutch translation journal Filter. Tijdschrift over vertalen.