Category: Writers from Cañar

Gilberto Molina Correa (Cañar, September 20, 1915 – Unknown) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, and educator. His…

César Molina Martínez (Cañar, 1965) is an Ecuadorian poet and public servant currently residing in Chicago. He holds a degree in Political…

Oswaldo Encalada Vásquez (Cañar, 1955) is a philologist, writer of both fiction and children's literature, and an academic. His substantial contributions to…

Enrique Noboa Arízaga (Cañar, January 22, 1921 - September 10, 2002) was an Ecuadorian poet and public official who held positions such…

José Peralta Serrano (Chaupi-Yunga, Gualleturo, present day Cañar, 1855 - Quito, December 27, 1937) was an Ecuadorian lawyer, politician, diplomat, educator, writer…

Manuel J. Herrera, or Manuel de Jesús Herrera, (Azogues, Cañar, Ecuador) authored a book entitled “Luz y tinieblas del alma” [Light and…

Antonio Sacoto Salamea (Biblián, Cañar, Ecuador, November 30, 1932) is an Ecuadorian literary critic, essayist, and university professor. He has a PhD from Columbia…

Aurelio Falconí Zamora (Cojitambo, Cañar Province, March 18, 1885 - Guayaquil, August 6, 1970) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, diplomat and teacher.…

Luis Benjamín Cordero Crespo (Cañar, April 6, 1833 - Cuenca, January 30, 1912) served as the 14th president of Ecuador between July…

Eliécer Cárdenas Espinosa (Cañar, December 10, 1950 – Cuenca, September 26, 2021) was a renowned Ecuadorian novelist, playwright, short story writer, and…