Pedro Carmona-Alvarez was born in 1972 in La Serena, Chile, and as a ten-year-old he fled with his family to Argentina due to his father's political activities in his home country. With his debut collection Helter (1997), he made a vital contribution to Norwegian poetry. He has been the editor of Cappelen Damm's debut anthology Signaler. His latest publication is the collection of poems Inventarium (2020).