Miguel Chávez Balladares

Miguel Antonio Chávez holds a PhD in Hispanic Studies from Western University and an MFA in Creative Writing in Spanish from New York University. His research focuses on Latin American literature and culture, adaptation studies, intertextuality, cultural memory, and nation-building discourses across literature, radio, and film. His doctoral dissertation develops the concept of “foundational appropriations” to examine how Ecuadorian writers and filmmakers rework canonical texts to construct and contest national imaginaries. His broader interests include creative writing, Latin American fantastic and science fiction literature, transmediality, and pop culture. He is also the author of the novels Conejo ciego en Surinam (Blind Rabbit in Suriname) and Yo, Beato (I, Blessed), and has received recognition including the Juan Rulfo Short Story Award finalist distinction and the David Ledesma Poetry Prize.