Month: September 2022

Poets · Author

Gabriela Cárdenas

Gabriela Cárdenas Monge (Quito) is an Ecuadorian writer, poet, graphic designer, and plastic artist. In 2018 she published a book titled "De…

21st Century Writers · Author

Yess Padilla

Yess Padilla (Quito, 1975) is an Ecuadorian children’s story author. In 2022, her children’s story “El cuento de la longuita” was published…

21st Century Writers · Author

Luis Zúñiga

Luis Zúñiga (Quito, 1955) is an Ecuadorian novelist, poet and writer. He studied anthropology in Ecuador and Italy and has vast experience…

20th Century Writers · Author

Francisco Proaño Arandi

Francisco Proaño Arandi (Cuenca, January 20, 1944) is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, essayist, and diplomat. In the 1960’s he was…

Poets · Author

Juan José Rodinás

Juan José Rodinás, born Juan José Rodríguez (Ambato, 1979) is an Ecuadorian poet, writer and translator. In 2021, he won the Aurelio…

Translators · Author

Rajna Đurđev

Rajna Đurđev was a Spanish to Serbian translator. In 1964, she translated Ecuador's most famous novel "Huasipungo" (written in 1934 by Jorge…

Translators · Author

Silvester Škerl

Silvester Škerl (June 10, 1903 - March 28, 1974) was a Slovenian translator, actor, publisher, editor, and poet. He is known primarily…

Translators · Author

Lucilla Soro

Lucilla Soro is a Spanish to Italian translator. In 2018, she translated the 1934 Ecuadorian novel “Huasipungo” by author Jorge Icaza. This…

Translators · Author

Skina Vafa (Скины Вафа)

Skina Habibovna Vafa, or Скина Хабибовна Вафа (Moscow, USSR, February 18, 1928 - October 16, 2005) was a Spanish-to-Russian translator. In 1966,…

Scholars of Ecuadorian Literature · Author

Venedikt Vinogradov

Venedikt Stepanovich Vinogradov, or Виноградов В. (July 11, 1925 - August 15, 2009) was a prose writer, university professor, and renowned translator…

Scholars of Ecuadorian Literature · Author

Giuseppe Bellini

Giuseppe Bellini (Isorella, October 23, 1923 - Milan June 19, 2016) was an Italian writer, literary critic, translator, university professor, and a…

21st Century Writers · Author

Santos Miranda Rojas

Santos Miranda Rojas (Guayaquil, September 12, 1940) is an Ecuadorian novelist and short story writer. He has lived in the city of…