20th Century Writers - Ecuadorian Literature

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María Angélica Idrobo

María Angélica Idrobo (July 29, 1890 - February 26, 1956) was a prominent Ecuadorian educator, writer, and pioneering women's rights activist. Educated…

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Luz Argentina Chiriboga

Luz Argentina Chiriboga Guerrero (Esmeraldas, Ecuador, April 1, 1940) is an Afro-Ecuadorian writer known for her exploration of Afro-Hispanic cultural identity and…

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Elysa Ayala

Elysa Ayala González, sometimes spelled Elisa Ayala González (Guayaquil, 1879 - 1956) was an Ecuadorian writer and painter. She was Ecuador’s first…

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Violeta Luna

Morayma Violeta Luna Carrera is an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, journalist, literary critic, professor. She was born on February 24, 1943 in Guayaquil. She is…

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Carlos Béjar Portilla

Carlos Béjar Portilla (Ambato, February 17, 1938) is a prominent Ecuadorian writer, poet, and lawyer, who significantly developed the science fiction genre…

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Jorge Enrique Adoum

Jorge Enrique Adoum, or Jorgenrique Adoum (Ambato, June 29, 1926 - Quito, July 3, 2009) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and playwright. Adoum…

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Joaquín Gallegos Lara

Joaquín Gallegos Lara (Guayaquil, April 9, 1909 - Ibidem, November 16, 1947) was an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, poet, and literary…

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Homero Viteri Lafronte

Homero Viteri Lafronte (Ambato, January 24, 1892 — Santiago, Chile, November 10, 1976) was an Ecuadorian writer and historian whose published works…

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Marco Antonio La Mota

Marco Antonio La Mota was an Ecuadorian journalist, poet and short story writer. He was a staff writer for the newspaper El…

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Pablo Palacio

Pablo Arturo Palacio Suárez (Loja, January 25, 1906 – Guayaquil, January 7, 1947) was an Ecuadorian writer, lawyer, and early figure of…

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Benjamín Carrión

Benjamín Carrión Mora (Loja, April 20, 1897 – Quito, March 8, 1979) was one of the great Latin American intellectuals of the…

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Alicia Yánez Cossío

Alicia Yánez Cossío (Quito, September 10, 1928) is an Ecuadorian novelist, poet, short story writer, and journalist. She is considered one of…

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Juan Manuel Rodríguez López

Juan Manuel Rodríguez López is a novelist, short story writer, literary critic, columnist and professor. Born in Bilbao, Spain in 1945, Rodríguez…

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Ecuadorian poet and novelist Rafael Díaz Ycaza reading from his poetry and prose

Ecuadorian poet and novelist Rafael Díaz Ycaza reading from his poetry and prose. Archive of Hispanic Literature on Tape (Library of Congress,…

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Rafael Díaz Ycaza

Rafael Díaz Ycaza (Guayaquil, October 28, 1925 - August 28, 2013) was a poet, novelist, short story writer and columnist. His notable…