Category: Poets

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José Trajano Mera

José Trajano Mera Iturralde was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright and diplomat with a literary and cultural heritage. He was born in Ambato…

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José María Egas

José María Egas (Manta, November 28, 1897 - 1982) was an Ecuadorian poet, lawyer, journalist and university professor. Many of his poems…

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Ulises Estrella

Ulises Estrella Moya was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, professor and film expert. He was born in Quito on July 4, 1939 and died in the…

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Euler Granda

Euler Granda (Riobamba, June 7, 1935 — Portoviejo, February 22, 2018) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and psychiatrist. In the second half of…

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Hugo Mayo

Miguel Augusto Egas Miranda (Manta, November 24, 1895 – Guayaquil, April 5, 1988), better known by his pen name Hugo Mayo, was…

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Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño

Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño (Guayaquil, August 2, 1889 – Quito, December 7, 1927) was an Ecuadorian poet. Together with Arturo Borja, Humberto…

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Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera

Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (Santa Ana, June 24, 1931 – June 9, 2012) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, professor, cultural promoter, former mayor…

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Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso

Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso (Quito, September 28, 1903 – Brussels, October 10, 1971) was an Ecuadorian poet, academic and diplomat. He earned a…

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Ignacio Lasso

Ignacio Lasso (Quito, 1911 - 1943) was an Ecuadorian poet who was the mentor and founder of the magazine of the poets…

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Sonia Guiñansaca

Sonia Guiñansaca (Cuenca, 1989) is a migrant poet, cultural organizer and activist whose work aims for culture equality and social justice, focusing…

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Alfredo Gangotena

Alfredo Gangotena Fernandez Salvador (Guayaquil, April 19, 1904 – Quito, December 23, 1944) was an Ecuadorian poet who wrote in French and…

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Medardo Ángel Silva

Medardo Ángel Silva Rodas (Guayaquil, June 8, 1898 – Guayaquil, June 10, 1919) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and journalist, known as…

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Vicente Amador Flor

Vicente Amador Flor Cedeño (Portoviejo, July 19, 1903 - December 3, 1975) was an Ecuadorian poet known for his poems about his…

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Luis Enrique Fierro

Luis Enrique Fierro (Tulcán, Carchi Province, November 14, 1936) is an Ecuadorian physician, writer and poet. His literary portfolio includes poetry collections…

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Humberto Fierro

Humberto Fierro Jarrín (Quito, June 17, 1890 – Quito, August 23, 1929) was an Ecuadorian poet of modernismo, a literary movement that…