Patricio Lizama (1954) is a tenured professor and dean of the Facultad de Letras at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. He earned his doctorate in Hispano-American Literature at the State University of New York (Stony Brook). He was editor of the book Sala de lectura (2012), which compiles diverse writings by Pedro Lastra, coauthor of Bibliografía y antología crítica de las vanguardias literarias (2009), and author of various articles on literature. He is one of the compilers of Juan Emar's Cartas a Guni Pirque (2010).