Writers from Quito - Ecuadorian Literature

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Ana María Iza

Ana María Iza (Quito, 1941-2016) was an Ecuadorian poet, she worked as a journalist, specifically on the radio. Her poems appeared in…

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Antonio Ordóñez

Antonio Ramiro Ordóñez Andrade (Quito, January 23, 1943) is a poet, dramaturg, theater actor and director. He was a founder of the…

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Alfonso Murriagui

Alfonso Murriagui Valverde (Quito, 1929-January 19, 2017) was an Ecuadorian poet, fiction writer, dramatist, journalist, and an exponent of communism. Murriagui‘s poetry…

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Raúl Pérez Torres

Raúl Pérez Torres (Quito, May 11, 1941) is an Ecuadorian writer and cultural promoter. His short story collection En la noche y…

Female writers · Author

Leonor Bravo Velásquez

Leonor Bravo Velásquez (Quito, January 8, 1953) is an Ecuadorian children's and young adult author. She has published 54 books, 44 of…

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Raúl Andrade Moscoso

Raúl Andrade Moscoso (Quito, October 4, 1905 – Quito, September 10, 1983) was an Ecuadorian journalist and dramatist. As a journalist, Andrade…

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Gustavo Vásconez Hurtado

Gustavo Vásconez Hurtado (Quito, April 3, 1911 - Quito, 1988) was an Ecuadorian novelist, biographer and diplomat. He returned to Ecuador in…

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Édison Gabriel Paucar

Edison Gabriel Paucar Tufiño (Quito, July 29, 1988) is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer and journalist. In 2012, his book of…

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Fernando Nieto Cadena

Fernando Nieto Cadena (Quito, March 29, 1947 - Villahermosa, Mexico, March of 2017) was an Ecuadorian poet. In the 1970s he founded…

Poets · Author

Josué Negrete

Josué Negrete is a poet from Quito, Ecuador. In 2020 he won the Ileana Espinel Poetry Prize for his book Bajo las…

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Julio Zaldumbide Gangotena

Julio Zaldumbide Gangotena (Quito, June 5, 1833 – Ibarra, July 31, 1887) was an Ecuadorian poet and politician, recognized as one of…

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Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira

Francisco Granizo Ribadeneira (Quito, November 8, 1925 - January 21, 2009) was an Ecuadorian poet, professor and diplomat. He was a professor…

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Santiago Páez

Santiago Páez Gallegos (Quito, 1958) is an Ecuadorian writer known for his novels, short stories, and science fiction works. In his youth,…

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Fernando Cazón Vera

Fernando Cazón Vera is an Ecuadorian poet, columnist, editor, and university professor. He was born in Quito on June 5, 1935 and…

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Ulises Estrella

Ulises Estrella Moya was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, professor and film expert. He was born in Quito on July 4, 1939 and died in the…