CHRISTIAN FORMOSO was born in 1971in Punta Arenas. He graduated in Education from the University of Magallanes. He has published , among other books of poetry: El Odio o la Ciudad Invertida(1997); Memorial del Padre Miedo (2000) y Estaciones cercanas al sueño/Los coros desterrados (Punta Arenas: Ediciones Universidad de Magallanes, 2003).
He has received, among other awards, the scholarship of Literary Creation of the National Book and Reading in 1999 , and the Literary Binational Prize Patagonia, versions 1998 and 2000. He has participated in national and international meetings of young poets, and is also involved in numerous initiatives for the dissemination of literature in the Magallanes Region. His poems appear in: Al Tiro, Panorama de la Nueva Poesía Chilena (Buenos Aires: Ediciones Vox, 2001) George Trakl. Homenaje desde Chile (Santiago: Editorial Universitaria, 2002), Antología de la Nueva Poesía Chilena (Santiago: Editorial Universitaria, 2003) y Cantares: Nuevas Voces de la Poesía Chilena(Santiago: Lom, 2004).