Category: Poets

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Rafael Díaz Ycaza

Rafael Díaz Ycaza (Guayaquil, October 28, 1925 - August 28, 2013) was a poet, novelist, short story writer and columnist. His notable…

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Iván Carvajal

Iván Carvajal Aguirre is a poet, writer and professor. He was born in 1948 in San Gabriel, Ecuador. In 1984 his work…

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Jorge Martillo

Jorge Martillo Monserrate is an award-winning poet and has been a columnist for various newspapers. He was born on May 2, 1957…

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Paúl Puma

Paúl Puma (Quito, 1972) is an Ecuadorian poet, playwright, and literary critic. He has a master’s in Latin American literature from the…

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Carlos Vallejo

Carlos Vallejo Moncayo (born in 1973) is a writer from Quito, Ecuador. His poetry book La orilla transparente (2007) earned the prestigious…

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Julio Pazos Barrera

Julio Pazos Barrera is a poet, writer, teacher, and cook. He was born in Baños, Ecuador on August 19, 1944. In 1979,…

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Carlos Benavides Vega

Carlos Benavides Vega, pseudonym: Álvaro San Félix (Guayaquil, March 9, 1931 - Quito, September 29, 1999) was an Ecuadorian poet, actor and…

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Marco Vinicio Rueda

Father Marco Vinicio Rueda Gomezjurado was a Jesuit priest, philosopher, anthropologist, writer, educator. He was born in Quito, Ecuador on August 12,…

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Jorge Carrera Andrade

Jorge Carrera Andrade (Quito, September 18, 1903 - Quito, November 7, 1978) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, diplomat, and university professor. He…

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Andrea Crespo

Andrea Priscila Crespo Granda (Guayaquil, October 4, 1983) is an Ecuadorian poet. In 2016 her book of poetry “Registro de la habitada”…

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Aurelio Espinosa Pólit

Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (Quito, July 11, 1894 – Quito, January 21, 1961) was an Ecuadorian Jesuit priest, writer, poet, translator, literary critic,…

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Huilo Ruales

Huilo Ruales Hualca (Ibarra, Ecuador, March 25, 1947) is a prominent Ecuadorian writer whose work spans multiple genres, including novels, short stories,…

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Jorge Enrique Adoum Interviewed on CUNY TV (1998) Spanish Audio

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5QrZiK9uMQ&t=1452s Taped: 3/6/1998)Length: 28:31 Hosts Jose Maria Conget and Raquel Chang-Rodriguez interview Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician and diplomat, Jorge Enrique Adoum, about…

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Juan León Mera

Juan León Mera Martínez (Ambato, June 28, 1832 - Ambato, December 13, 1894) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, essayist, politician and painter.…