Category: Ecuadorian Novelists

20th Century Writers · Author

Jaime Marchán

Jaime Marchán Romero (Quito, March 15, 1947) is an Ecuadorian writer, diplomat, and academic. He holds degrees in Political and Social Sciences…

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Adolfo Macias Huerta

Adolfo Macias Huerta (Guayaquil, 1960) is a renowned Ecuadorian novelist and psychotherapist. His significant contributions to contemporary literature have earned him critical…

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Sonia Manzano Vela

Sonia Manzano Vela is an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, short story writer and pianist. She was born in Guayaquil on February 27, 1947.…

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Jorge Velasco Mackenzie

Jorge Velasco Mackenzie is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright and professor. He was born in Guayaquil on January 16,…

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Leonardo Valencia

Leonardo Valencia is an Ecuadorian novelist and short story writer. He was born in Guayaquil in 1969. He studied in Ecuador and…

Writers from Quito · Author

Carlos Arcos Cabrera

Carlos Arcos Cabrera (Quito, 1951) is an Ecuadorian sociologist and writer. He began his writing career with the novel "Un asunto de…

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Abdón Ubidia

Abdón Ubidia is a novelist, short story writer and playwright. He was born in Quito in 1944. He is considered one of…

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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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Francisco Campos Coello

Francisco Campos Coello (Guayaquil, July 24, 1841 - April 25, 1916) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian and politician. In 1871, at the age…

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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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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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Ernesto Carrión

Ernesto Javier Carrión Castro (Guayaquil, 1977) is a distinguished poet and novelist whose work has won numerous awards and has been widely…

Writers from Quito · Author

Óscar Vela

Óscar Vela Descalzo is an Ecuadorian lawyer and writer who is considered one of the most representative contemporary literary voices of Ecuador.…