Category: Biographers

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Víctor Emilio Estrada

Víctor Emilio Estrada Sciacaluga (Guayaquil, Ecuador, May 22, 1891 – Guayaquil, Ecuador, February 21, 1954) was a prominent Ecuadorian banker, economist, military…

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Rigoberto Cordero y León

Rigoberto Cordero y León (Cuenca, June 11, 1916 – Cuenca, August 1998) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and scholar whose work significantly…

Poets · Author

Antonio Montalvo Viteri

Antonio Montalvo Viteri (Ambato, March 24, 1901 – Quito, July 9, 1953) was an Ecuadorian poet, literary critic, and cultural figure who…

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Josefina Egas Montalvo

Josefina Egas Montalvo (Guayaquil, 1920 - February 2, 2014) was an Ecuadorian poet and a writer. She was known for her contributions…

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Justino Cornejo

Justino Cornejo Vizcaíno (Puebloviejo, Los Ríos, Ecuador, August 9, 1904 - Guayaquil, July 24, 1988) was a writer, educator, linguist, folklorist and…

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Julio Tobar Donoso

Julio Tobar Donoso (Quito, January 25, 1894 - Ibidem, March 10, 1981) was an Ecuadorian diplomat, lawyer, writer, and social and political…

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Charles J. García Plúas

Dr. Charles J. García Plúas (Daule, 1964 - April 5, 2020) was an Ecuadorian writer, editor, biographer, historian, professor, researcher, and cultural…

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Augusto Arias

Augusto Arias Robalino (Quito, March 15, 1903 – Quito, August 24, 1974) was an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, biographer, anthologist, scholar, university professor,…

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Vladimiro Rivas

Vladimiro Rivas Iturralde (Latacunga, June 5, 1944) is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, biographer, opera critic, essayist, editor, translator, and award-winning…

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Elías Muñoz Vicuña

Elías Muñoz Vicuña (Yaguachi, Guayas, May 10, 1922 - Guayaquil, February 10, 1997) was an historian, writer, university professor, and member of…

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Enrique Ayala Mora

Enrique Ayala Mora (Ibarra, November 13, 1950) is an Ecuadorian historian, essayist, editor, university professor and politician. He works as a professor…

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Fernando Jurado Noboa

Fernando Jurado Noboa (Quito, 1944) is an Ecuadorian psychiatrist, historian, biographer, essayist and genealogist. Between 1967 and 1975, he studied medicine at…

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Mario Campaña

Mario Campaña Avilés (Guayaquil, 1959) is an Ecuadorian poet, biographer, essayist and anthologist of poetry. He founded and directed the Latin American…

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Isaac J. Barrera

Isaac J. Barrera (Otavalo, February 4, 1884– June 29, 1970) was a writer, journalist, literary critic, historian, biographer and university professor. As…

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Gonzalo Rubio Orbe

Gonzalo Rubio Orbe (Otavalo, Imbabura, June 29, 1909 – October 24, 1994) was an Ecuadorian anthropologist, historian, biographer and educator. He was…