20th Century Writers - Ecuadorian Literature

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Pedro Saad Herrería

Pedro Saad Herrería (Guayaquil, September 16, 1940 - Quito, June 6, 2014), was an Ecuadorian writer, filmmaker, politician, diplomat, historian and journalist.…

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Eugenio Moreno Heredia

Eugenio Moreno Heredia (Cuenca, 1926—1997) was a poet, fiction writer, nonfiction writer, literary critic, university professor, magistrate judge and member of the…

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Fanny Caicedo

Emma Fanny Caicedo Mier, also known as Fanny Caicedo de Cobo (Yaguachi, 1932 - circa 2001), was an Ecuadorian poet and teaching…

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Gustavo Egüez Villacreses

Gustavo Egüez Villacreses (Ambato, March 26, 1923 - Guayaquil, May 29, 1981) was a poet and writer. Egüez received several awards for…

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Antonio Preciado

Antonio Preciado Bedoya is an Afro-Ecuadorian poet, university professor and diplomat. He was born in Esmeraldas on May 21, 1941. He was…

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Fernando Artieda

Fernando Artieda Miranda (Guayaquil, June 14, 1945 - April 15, 2010) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet and journalist. For 40 years he…

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Fernando Nieto Cadena

Fernando Nieto Cadena (Quito, March 29, 1947 - Villahermosa, Mexico, March of 2017) was an Ecuadorian poet. In the 1970s he founded…

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Cristóbal Zapata

Cristóbal Zapata is an Ecuadorian poet, editor, literary critic, and art curator. He was born in Cuenca in 1968. He is currently…

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Catalina Sojos

Catalina Sojos Mata (Cuenca, 1951) is a poet, writer, columnist, author of children's literature, and a translator. In 1989, at the age…

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Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira

Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (Quito, November 8, 1925 - January 21, 2009) was an Ecuadorian poet, professor and diplomat. He was a professor…

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Fernando Cazón Vera

Fernando Cazón Vera is an Ecuadorian poet, columnist, editor, and university professor. He was born in Quito on June 5, 1935 and…

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Alejandro Carrión Aguirre

Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (Loja, March 11, 1915 - Quito, January 4, 1992) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. He wrote numerous…

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Osvaldo Hurtado

Luis Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea is a former president of Ecuador (1981-1984) and within Ecuador he is one of the most widely read…

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Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco

Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco was an Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and statesman. He was born in Guayaquil on October 12, 1908 and…

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Salomon Isacovici

Salomon Isacovici (Sighetu Marmaţiei, Romania, 1925 - February 1998) was a businessman based in Ecuador who also penned a memoir detailing his survival…