The Soul of the Mountains by Miguel E. Neira

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Chant of Peace by Gastón Hidalgo Ortega

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Testimonies by Eugenio Moreno Heredia

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The Moon and the Boy by Diógenes Cuero Caicedo

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Spiritual Colloquy by Jorge Ismael Gandú

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Little Girl from My Neighborhood by Inés Márquez Moreno

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Dry Leaves by Honorato Vázquez Ochoa

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Hymn of El Oro Province by Temístocles José Araúz Rojas

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Identity for Oblivion by Teodoro Vanegas Andrade

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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 one of the most significant members of the Generación Decapitada (Decapitated Generation), a group of modernist poets in early 20th-century Ecuador. His work, heavily influenced by French symbolism and the modernist movement led by Rubén Darío, explored themes of love, melancholy, and death. Silva published his poetry in his collection El árbol del bien y del mal (1918) and gained national recognition with his poem “El alma en los labios,” later made famous as a song by Julio Jaramillo. His tragic death at 21, widely believed to be a suicide, remains shrouded in mystery, further enshrining his place in Ecuadorian literary history.

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