Category: Historians

17th Century Writers · Author

Jacinto Collahuazo

Jacinto Collahuazo (Otavalo, 1665 - 17??) was a cacique (indigenous political leader) from Otavalo, Ecuador. He was a poet and historian who…

Writers from Manabi · Author

Joselías Sánchez Ramos 

Joselías Sánchez Ramos (Tarqui) is a distinguished Ecuadorian historian, writer, essayist, journalist, and esteemed university professor, renowned for his expertise in the…

20th Century Writers · Author

José Viliulfo Cedeño Sánchez

Dr. José Viliulfo Cedeño Sánchez (Manta, January 21, 1928 - Manta, February 27, 1986) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, historian, archaeologist, and…

20th Century Writers · Author

Rodrigo Pachano Lalama

Rodrigo Pachano Lalama (Ambato, August 7, 1910 - June 20, 1984) was an Ecuadorian lawyer, writer, poet, journalist, historian, researcher, and teacher.…

20th Century Writers · Author

José Rumazo González

José Rumazo González (Latacunga, August 28, 1904 - February 26, 1995) was an Ecuadorian writer, philosopher, historian, and poet. He is the…

20th Century Writers · Author

César Salcedo Parrales

César Salcedo Parrales, pseudonym Galo Salcedo (Machala, Ecuador, August 22, 1938 - August 16, 2011) was an Ecuadorian writer, painter, educator, journalist…

20th Century Writers · Author

Gonzalo Ortiz Crespo

Gonzalo Ortiz Crespo (Quito, October 18, 1944) is an Ecuadorian journalist, essayist, historian and writer. He has written three novels: Los hijos…

20th Century Writers · Author

Elías Muñoz Vicuña

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

20th Century Writers · Author

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…

Writers from Riobamba · Author

Ricardo Descalzi

Ricardo Descalzi del Castillo (Riobamba, September 22, 1912 - Riobamba, November 29, 1990) was an Ecuadorian novelist, historian, playwright, short story writer,…

20th Century Writers · Author

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…

20th Century Writers · Author

Gonzalo Rubio Orbe

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

20th Century Writers · Author

Abel Romeo Castillo

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

18th Century Writers · Author

Juan de Velasco

Juan de Velasco y Pérez Petroche (Riobamba, January 6, 1727 - Faenza, Italy, June 29, 1792) was an influential 18th-century Jesuit priest,…

20th Century Writers · Author

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,…