20th Century Writers - Ecuadorian Literature

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Simón Corral

Simón Corral (Quito, January 5, 1946) is an Ecuadorian poet and dramatist. He studied sociology at the Central University of Ecuador, and…

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Fernando Tinajero

Fernando Tinajero Villamar (Quito, January 5, 1940) is an Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, and university professor. In the 1960s he was one of…

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Hugo Salazar Tamariz

Hugo Salazar Tamariz (Cuenca, September 2, 1923 - Guayaquil, January 31, 1999) was a poet, novelist, playwright and actor. After traveling extensively…

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Alfonso Reece Dousdebés

Alfonso Reece Dousdebés (Cotocollao, 1955) is an Ecuadorian journalist, TV reporter, and novelist. He studied law and sociology at the Pontifical Catholic…

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Manuel Belisario Moreno

Manuel Belisario Moreno (Loja, 18?? - 1917) was an Ecuadorian writer and priest. Belisario Moreno is best known as the author of…

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Blanca Martínez Mera

Blanca Martínez Mera de Tinajero (Ambato, October 5, 1897 – Ambato, June 20, 1976) was an Ecuadorian writer and teacher. With the…

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Vicente Cabrera Funes

Vicente Cabrera Funes (March 28, 1944 - July 6, 2014) was an Ecuadorian novelist, essayist and Spanish professor at at the University…

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Enrique Avellán Ferrés

Enrique Avellán Ferrés (Guayaquil, December 11, 1904 – Quito, 1984) was a distinguished Ecuadorian novelist, playwright, and legal scholar, celebrated for his…

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César E. Arroyo

César E. Arroyo (Quito, 1887 – Cádiz, 1937) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, journalist, playwright and diplomat. He was Ecuador's Consul in…

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Eugenia Viteri

Blanca Eugenia Viteri Segura (Guayaquil, July 4, 1928 - Quito, September 21, 2023) is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, anthologist, women's…

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Pedro Jorge Vera

Pedro Jorge Vera (Guayaquil, June 16, 1914 – Guayaquil, March 5, 1999) was an Ecuadorian journalist, novelist, short story writer, playwright, poet,…

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Javier Vásconez

Javier Vásconez (Quito, 1966) is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, and editor. In 1989, his collection of short tales "El hombre…

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Juan Andrade Heymann

Juan Andrade Heymann (Quito, December 18, 1945) is an Ecuadorian writer, novelist, short story writer, poet, and playwright. His short story El…

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Luis Aguilar Monsalve

Luis Aguilar Monsalve (Cuenca, October 7, 1942) is an Ecuadorian writer, literary critic and university professor. He is a numerary member of…

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Sonia Romo Verdesoto

Sonia Romo Verdesoto de Augustín is an Ecuadorian poet and diplomat. She was the only female member of the Tzantzismo movement in Ecuador during the 1960s. Verdesoto…