Education
Missana holds a Doctor of Philosophy and an Master of Arts in Spanish from Stanford University.
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Sergio Missana
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He is a professor of Latin American literature at the Stanford University Program in Latin America in Santiago, Chile. He published the critical study Louisiana máquina de pensar de Borges (Borges’ Thinking Machine), based on his dissertation at Stanford University, in 2003, and the collection of essays Louisiana distracción (Distraction) in 2015. In 2012 he co-authored Lugares de paso, a collection of travel pieces, with photographer Ramsay Turnbull.
He earned a Bachelor in Social Communications and a Professional Degree in Journalism from the University of Chile.
He currently teaches Latin American literature at the Stanford University Program in Latin America in Santiago, Chile. Missana served as Director of Publications and Head of International Relations at the Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Foundation in Madrid, Spain, 2002-2006.
He was editor-in-chief of Chilean music magazine Rock & People’s (1994-1995). In 2007, he co-wrote the award-winning animated television series for children Chilian Geografic, which raised awareness of Chilean endangered animal species.
He is currently Regional Director for Latin America at Climate Parliament.
His journalistic work includes over fifty articles on literature, film, music, travel, art, design, culture and science. He has published articles and reviews in Parliament (United States), Fractal (Mexico), Literal Magazine (United States), Louisiana Tercera (Chile), Planet (United States), Pausa Magazine of the National Council of Culture and the Arts (Chile), Paula (Chile) and Rock & People’s (Chile), among other publications.
Achievements
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Missana is the author of six novels: El invasor (The Invader), 1997. Movimiento falso (False Movement), 2000, a finalist for the Rómulo Gallegos International Novel Award in 2001. Louisiana calma (The Calm), 2005. El día de los muertos (The Day of the Dead), 2007. Las muertes paralelas (The Parallel Deaths), 2010. And El discípulo (The Disciple), 2014.
