Month: September 2022

Writers from Guayaquil · Author

Eduardo León

Eduardo León Rodríguez (Guayaquil, 1977) is an Ecuadorian poet and author of children’s literature. His poetry collections include: “Censurado” (2018) and “Manzana…

19th Century Writers · Author

Miguel Riofrío

Miguel Riofrío Sánchez (Loja, Ecuador, September 7, 1822 – Lima, Peru, October 11, 1879) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, journalist, orator, educator, lawyer, and politician. He is…

19th Century Writers · Author

Manuel Gallegos Naranjo

Manuel Gallegos Naranjo (Guayaquil, March 26, 1845 - Ibídem , 1917) was a prominent Ecuadorian chronicler, novelist, and poet during the late…

17th Century Writers · Author

Jacinto Collahuazo

Jacinto Collahuazo (Otavalo, 1665 - 17??) was a cacique (indigenous political leader) from Otavalo, Ecuador. He was a poet and historian who…

19th Century Writers · Author

Belisario Peña 

Belisario Peña Gómez (Zipaquirá, Colombia, August 5, 1834 - September 7, 1906) was a Colombian poet and educator in Ecuador. At the…

19th Century Writers · Author

José Modesto Espinosa

José Modesto Espinosa y Espinosa de los Monteros (Quito, December 2, 1833 – December 21, 1915) was an Ecuadorian writer, politician, and…

19th Century Writers · Author

General Francisco Javier Salazar

General Francisco Javier Salazar Arboleda (Quito, January 11, 1824 - Guayaquil, September 21, 1891) was an Ecuadorian lawyer, writer, militarist, and politician.…

21st Century Writers · Author

Santiago Rivadeneira Aguirre

Santiago Rivadeneira Aguirre (Quito) is an Ecuadorian writer, editor, theater critic, and university professor. From 1973-2000, he was the coordinator of the…

21st Century Writers · Author

Alfredo Noriega

Afredo Noriega Fernández (Quito, 1962) is an Ecuadorian writer, novelist, short story writer, and playwright. In the early 1980’s he was a…

21st Century Writers · Author

Carlos Coello García

Carlos Coello García (Manta, 1983) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, writer, and poet. He lives in the city of Santa Ana in the…

21st Century Writers · Author

Rafael Lugo

Rafael Lugo Naranjo (Quito, 1972) is an Ecuadorian writer and lawyer. He is a litigator in the courts and tribunals of Ecuador…

Poets · Author

Pedro Isaac Barreiro

Pedro Isaac Barreiro Chancay (Santa Ana, Manabi, July 3, 1949) is an Ecuadorian medical doctor, public health specialist, writer, novelist, short story…

20th Century Writers · Author

Elsy Santillán Flor 

Elsy Santillán Flor (Quito, December 23, 1957) is an Ecuadorian poet, fiction writer, playwright, and author of children’s literature. She’s also a lawyer…

20th Century Writers · Author

Rosalía Arteaga

Rosalía Arteaga, born Lupe Rosalía Arteaga Serrano (Cuenca, December 5, 1956) is an Ecuadorian social activist, writer, and politician. She served as…

Writers from Cuenca · Author

Simón Espinosa Cordero

Simón Espinosa Cordero (Cuenca, October 8, 1920) is an Ecuadorian writer, journalist, editor, and university professor. He became a member of the…