Senior Lecturer in Latin American Literary and Cultural Studies, Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.

Dr Astvaldsson’s main research interests are in Latin American Literature. Recently, he has published a critical edition of Manlio Argueta, Poesía Completa, 1956-2005 (Maryland: Ediciones Hispamérica, 2006), two special issues of the Bulletin of Hispanic Studies (2011 and 2012), and co-edited Desde la hamaca al trono…y más allá: Lecturas críticas de la obra de Manlio Argueta (San Salvador: Universidad Tecnológica, 2013)