Background
Santiago García-Castañón was born on the 23rd of September, 1959 in Avilés, Spain; the son of a tailor and owner of a men’s clothing store, Rufino García-Miranda and a homemaker, Piedad Castañón-Fierro.
1992
610 East John Street, Champaign, IL 61820,United States
Santiago García-Castañón studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature in 1987. In 1992, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Spanish Golden Age Literature from it.
2014
Plaza Concepción Arenal, 0, 05001 Ávila, Spain
Santiago Garcia-Castanon stands with his translation of all four stanzas of the poem by Francis Scott Key that became the lyrics of the national anthem of the United States. The translation is on exhibit at the Archivo Historico in Aviles, Spain.
1983
Calle San Francisco, 3, 33003 Oviedo, Asturias, Spain
Santiago García-Castañón attended Universidad de Oviedo in Spain, where he received a License in Anglo-Germanic Philology in 1983.
1992
610 East John Street, Champaign, IL 61820,United States
Santiago García-Castañón studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature in 1987. In 1992, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Spanish Golden Age Literature from it.
2014
Plaza Concepción Arenal, 0, 05001 Ávila, Spain
Santiago Garcia-Castanon stands with his translation of all four stanzas of the poem by Francis Scott Key that became the lyrics of the national anthem of the United States. The translation is on exhibit at the Archivo Historico in Aviles, Spain.
2017
Santiago García-Castañón
2017
Santiago García-Castañón
Santiago García-Castañón
Santiago García-Castañón
Santiago García-Castañón was born on the 23rd of September, 1959 in Avilés, Spain; the son of a tailor and owner of a men’s clothing store, Rufino García-Miranda and a homemaker, Piedad Castañón-Fierro.
Santiago García-Castañón attended Universidad de Oviedo in Spain, where he received a License in Anglo-Germanic Philology in 1983. He also studied at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he earned a Master of Arts degree in Spanish Literature in 1987. In 1992, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Spanish Golden Age Literature from it.
Santiago García-Castañón began his career in 1989 as an instructor of Spanish at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington. In 1990, he was promoted to an assistant professor of Spanish. From 1992 to 1997, he was an assistant professor of Spanish at the University of Georgia in Athens. In 1996, he took the post of an associate professor at Universidad de Oviedo in Spain.
In 1998, Santiago joined Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville as its associate professor of Spanish. In 2003, he was promoted to a professor of Spanish. From 2007, he is a professor of Spanish and Head of the Department of Modern Foreign Languages at Western Carolina University. He also served as a volunteer translator for local, county, and federal offices.
Santiago García-Castañón wrote his first work called Sangre, Valor y fortuna in 1990. His historical novels El castillo de los halcones and Vida y fabulosas aventuras de Pedro Menéndez de Avilés were published in 2004 and 2006. He is also the author of four published poetry collections, Tiempos imperfectos (1994), Entre las sombras (1996), Lo que queda (2002), and Rota memoria (2006). He also has other publications that belong to the category of "scholarly research," including editions of previously unpublished sixteenth and seventeenth century Spanish manuscripts and a Diccionario de epónimos del español (2001).
Santiago García-Castañón is a member of the Modern Language Association of America, Cervantes Society of America, Society for Renaissance and Baroque Hispanic Poetry, as well as a past member of the board of directors of the Association of Spanish Professionals in America, known by the Spanish acronym ALDEEU.
Santiago García-Castañón is married to Laura Nannette Mosley. They have a son, Santiago.