Category: Social realist writers

Humberto Salvador Guerra (Guayaquil, December 25, 1909 - Ibidem, January 17, 1982) was an Ecuadorian writer, editor, jurist, psychoanalyst, and literature professor. His…

Gonzalo Ramón (Guayaquil, 1912 – Unknown) was an Ecuadorian novelist, poet, essayist, and literary critic. He is best known for his novels…

Miguel Riofrío Sánchez (Loja, Ecuador, September 7, 1822 – Lima, Peru, October 11, 1879) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, journalist, orator, educator, lawyer, and politician. He is…

Sergio Núñez Santamaría (Santa Rosa, Ambato, October 7, 1896 - Quito, 1982) was a novelist, short story writer, poet, playwright, literary critic…

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

Elysa Ayala González, sometimes spelled Elisa Ayala González (Guayaquil, 1879 - 1956) was an Ecuadorian writer and painter. She was Ecuador’s first…

Joaquín Gallegos Lara (Guayaquil, April 9, 1909 - Ibidem, November 16, 1947) was an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, poet, and literary…

Enrique Gil Gilbert (Guayaquil, July 8, 1912 - Ibidem, February, 21, 1973) was an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, nonfiction writer, politician…

José de la Cuadra Vargas (September 3, 1903 – February 27, 1941) is considered one of Ecuador's greatest authors. De la Cuadra…

Jorge Icaza Coronel (Quito, June 10, 1906 - Ibidem, May 26, 1978) is indisputably the most renowned Ecuadorian author of the 20th…