Writers from Quito - Ecuadorian Literature

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Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso

Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso (Quito, September 28, 1903 – Brussels, October 10, 1971) was an Ecuadorian poet, academic and diplomat. He earned a…

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Ignacio Lasso

Ignacio Lasso (Quito, 1911 - 1943) was an Ecuadorian poet who was the mentor and founder of the magazine of the poets…

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Humberto Fierro

Humberto Fierro Jarrín (Quito, June 17, 1890 – Quito, August 23, 1929) was an Ecuadorian poet of modernismo, a literary movement that…

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Oswaldo Calisto Rivera

Oswaldo Calisto Rivera, known by his pen name Cachibache, often spelled Cachivache (Quito, September 22, 1979 – October 10, 2000) was an…

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Arturo Borja

Arturo Borja Pérez (Quito, Ecuador, September 15, 1892 – Quito, Ecuador, November 13, 1912) was an Ecuadorian poet associated with the "Generación…

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Nicolás Kingman Riofrío

Nicolás Kingman Riofrío (Loja, November 18, 1918 – Quito, March 19, 2018) was an Ecuadorian writer, journalist and politician (more…)

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Francisco Tobar García

Francisco Tobar García (Quito, November 3, 1928 – Quito, February 1, 1997) was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, journalist, literary critic,…

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Jorge Núñez Sánchez

Jorge Núñez Sánchez (Bolivar, February 6, 1947 - Quito, November 1, 2020) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, and professor. He was the…

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Galo René Pérez

Galo René Pérez (Quito, April 3, 1923 - June 18, 2008) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, literary critic, biographer, and college professor.…

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Gonzalo Zaldumbide

Gonzalo Zaldumbide (Quito, December 25, 1884 – Quito, November 30, 1965) was an Ecuadorian writer and diplomat. He was ambassador to Paris,…

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Jorge Salvador Lara

Jorge Salvador Lara (Quito, September 4, 1926 – Quito, February 8, 2012) was an Ecuadorian politician, diplomat, columnist, writer, and historian. Lara…

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Federico González Suárez

Federico González Suárez (Quito, April 12, 1844 - Quito, December 1, 1917) was an Ecuadorian priest, historian and politician who served as…

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Simón Corral

Simón Corral (Quito, January 5, 1946) is an Ecuadorian poet and dramatist. He studied sociology at the Central University of Ecuador, and…

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Fernando Tinajero

Fernando Tinajero Villamar (Quito, January 5, 1940) is an Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, and university professor. In the 1960s he was one of…

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Alfonso Reece Dousdebés

Alfonso Reece Dousdebés (Cotocollao, 1955) is an Ecuadorian journalist, TV reporter, and novelist. He studied law and sociology at the Pontifical Catholic…