Carlos Mejia Suarez

Carlos Mejia Suarez is a Professor in Spanish at Gustavus Adolphus College, Saint Peter, Minnesota. He is affiliated with the Modern Languages, Literature, and Cultures, LALACS, Comparative Literature, Peace Studies, and Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies departments.

• University: Gustavus Adolphus College
• Departments: Spanish, Latin American Studies, Comparative Literature
• Academic Rank: Professor

Education includes a B.A. in Literary Studies from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, an M.A. in Latin American Literature from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, and a Ph.D. in Spanish from the University of Iowa (2010).

Research Interests focus on Colombian contemporary narratives of violence and conflict, representations of masculinities in Latin American literature, queer and gender studies, and literary theory. He explores diabolical imagery in Latin American literature, Faustian themes, ekphrastic techniques, and intertextuality.

Notable Publications include the 2024 book Escrituras de lo diabólico, which examines diabolical representations from Estanislao del Campo's Criollo Faust to contemporary works like Juan Cárdenas' Los Estratos. Other works analyze Salvador Novo's Third Faust (homosexual desire), Jorge Luis Borges' The Immortal (philosophical themes), and Tomás González's novels (family dynamics).

Teaching includes courses like Hispanic World II, Peace/Conflict in Latin America, and PostConflict Literature. His fiction comprises the biographical novel Antonieta de muchos nombres and the post-apocalyptic La máquina de Hotefes contra las tebiras (2024).