Category: Biographers

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Camilo Destruge

Camilo Destruge Illingworth (Guayaquil, October 20, 1863 – Guayaquil, February 26, 1929) was an Ecuadorian historian, journalist, and chronicler. He served as…

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León Vieira

León Vieira Villafuerte (Baños, October 24, 1940) is an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, biographer, journalist, painter, and teaching professor. He's lived in Guayaquil…

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Abel Romeo Castillo

Abel Romeo Castillo y Castillo (Guayaquil, January, 22 1904 - Guayaquil, November 11, 1996) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, biographer, journalist and…

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Tatiana Hidrovo Quiñónez

Tatiana María del Carmen Hidrovo Quiñónez (Portoviejo, 1961) is an Ecuadorian writer, university professor, researcher, historian and politician. She served on Ecuador's…

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Gustavo Vásconez Hurtado

Gustavo Vásconez Hurtado (Quito, April 3, 1911 - Quito, 1988) was an Ecuadorian novelist, biographer and diplomat. He returned to Ecuador in…

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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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Galo René Pérez

Galo René Pérez (Quito, April 3, 1923 - June 18, 2008) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, literary critic, biographer, and college professor.…

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Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel

Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (Guayaquil, November 2, 1939) is an Ecuadorian lawyer, historian, and biographer. He was declared the lifetime chronicler of the…

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Jorge Pérez Concha

Jorge Pérez Concha (Guayaquil, June 5, 1908 - Guayaquil, April 1, 1995) was an Ecuadorian historian, biographer, writer, and diplomat. He wrote…

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José María Vargas

Fray José María Vargas Arévalo O.P. (Chordeleg, Azuay, November 9, 1902 - Quito, March 25, 1988) was a distinguished Ecuadorian Dominican friar,…

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Antonio Borrero y Cortázar

Antonio Borrero y Cortázar, born Antonio María Vicente Narciso Borrero y Cortázar (Cuenca, October 29, 1827 – Quito, October 9, 1911) was…

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Víctor Manuel Albornoz

Víctor Manuel Albornoz Cabanilla (Lima, March 23, 1896 – Cuenca, October 26, 1975) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, biographer, and historian.

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Alfonso Rumazo González

Alfonso Rumazo González (Latacunga, Ecuador, 1903 — Caracas, Venezuela, 2002) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, essayist and literary critic. He authored over…

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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…