Writers from Guayaquil - Ecuadorian Literature

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Piedad Romo-Leroux Girón

Piedad Romo-Leroux Girón (Guayaquil) is an Ecuadorian psychiatrist, university professor, and well-known children's author with 56 volumes to her credit, including poetry,…

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Jaime Damerval

Jaime Francisco Damerval Martinez (Guayaquil, November 19, 1940) is a lawyer, poet, essayist, journalist, columnist, university professor, political scientist, politician, former minister…

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Juan Eusebio Molestina

Juan Eusebio Molestina Matheus (Guayaquil, 1850 – ?) was an Ecuadorian poet and playwright known for his poetic dramas. His dramatic career…

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Francisco J. Falquez Ampuero

Francisco José Falquez Ampuero (Guayaquil, April 17, 1877 - Guayaquil, March 23, 1947) was an Ecuadorian poet, lawyer, diplomat, prosecutor, prose writer…

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Miguel Valverde

Miguel Valverde Letamendi (Guayaquil, December 6, 1852 - Rome, April 19, 1920) was an Ecuadorian politician, diplomat, writer, poet, journalist and translator.…

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Miguel E. Neira

Miguel E. Neira was a modernist poet and journalist from Guayaquil, Ecuador. He became well-known with his 1907 book "Baladas de la…

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Victor Hugo Escala

Victor Hugo Escala Camacho (Guayaquil, June 29, 1887 - April 30, 1964) was a poet, journalist, historian and diplomat. Along with Enrique…

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Emilio Gallegos del Campo

Emilio Gallegos del Campo (Guayaquil, September 20, 1875 - May 15, 1914) was a poet, playwright, journalist and diplomat. In 1898 General…

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Adolfo Hidalgo Nevares

Adolfo Hidalgo Nevares, sometimes spelled Nevarez, (Guayaquil, March 18, 1891 - Quito, 1934) was a doctor, writer and poet. Under the pseudonym…

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Nicolás Augusto González

Nicolás Augusto González Tola, also N.A. González (Guayaquil, April 14, 1858 - Buenos Aires, Argentina, January 18, 1918) was an Ecuadorian writer,…

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Miguel Ángel Granado Guarnizo

Miguel Ángel Granado Guarnizo (Guayaquil, 1895 – Guayaquil, 1955) was an Ecuadorian modernist poet, playwright, and literary critic. He began publishing poetry…

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José Antonio Falconí Villagómez

José Antonio Falconí Villagómez, aka Jose A. Falconí Villagómez or J.A. Falconí Villagómez, (Guayaquil, May 26, 1894 - Guayaquil, 1967) was an…

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José Joaquín Pino de Ycaza

José Joaquín Pino de Ycaza (Guayaquil, January 30, 1902 - Guayaquil, February 25, 1959) was an Ecuadorian poet, educator, historian and politician.…

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Camilo Destruge

Camilo Destruge Illingworth (Guayaquil, October 20, 1863 – Guayaquil, February 26, 1929) was an Ecuadorian historian, journalist, and chronicler. He served as…

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Víctor Manuel Rendón

Víctor Manuel Rendón Pérez (Guayaquil, December 5, 1859 – Guayaquil, October 9, 1940) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, novelist, playwright, biographer, translator,…