Carlos Gerardo Gonzalez Orellana: Born in El Jícaro, El Progreso, 1987. Guatemalan poet. He is currently a doctoral student in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Tulane University. He worked as a professor of literature and literary theory at Rafael Landívar University, where he also coordinated the Master’s programs in Latin American Literature and Philosophy. Additionally, he served as coordinator of Cultura de Guatemala magazine and managed the publications of the Antonio Gallo Center for Critical Thought within the university’s Faculty of Humanities.

His publications in poetry are: Música rara (2015, Alambique Editores, Guatemala), Genealogías (2017, EquiZZero Ediciones, El Salvador; 2019, Mandrágora Ediciones, Guatemala), Intemperie (2020, Editorial Praxis, México), La hoguera invisible  (Editorial Universitaria, Guatemala, 2020), Sedición (Tujaal Ediciones, Guatemala, 2021) and Habitar las islas (Editorial BGR, Spain, 2022). 

Academically, he holds a degree in Chemical Engineering from Rafael Landívar University (URL), a Bachelor’s in Literature from the University of San Carlos (USAC), and a Master’s in Philosophy from URL. He has also been a guest lecturer in the postgraduate network of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO). González Orellana has published several poetry books and academic articles. His research focuses on cultural representations of grief, memory, and Central American poetry.