Marcelo Báez

Marcelo Rafael Báez Meza (Guayaquil, April 24, 1969) is an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, translator, and film critic. He has earned a myriad of awards for his books. He won first place in the National Literature Contest of the House of Ecuadorian Culture on three occasions (1997, 2005 and 2013). His prize-winning novels include “Catador de arenas” (2010) and “Nunca más Amarilis” (2018). In 2012 his poetry book “El mismo mar de todas Las Habanas” won the Aurelio Espinosa Pólit Prize. He is currently the dean of the Art, Design and Audiovisual Communication Department of the Superior Polytechnic School of the Littoral (ESPOL) in Guayaquil.

Translation

Marcelo Báez’s book Lengua, me has vencido, antología de poesía ecuatoriana contemporánea (You have defeated me. Contemporary Ecuadorean poems; 2017) is a collection of English-translated poems of 13 Ecuadorian poets. The book includes poems by: César Dávila Andrade, Efraín Jara Idrovo, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ileana Espinel, Catalina Sojos, María Paulina Briones Layana, Mónica Ojeda, Maritza Cino Alvear, Ernesto Carrión, among others.

Works

Novel

Title	Year	Genre	Awards
Tan lejos, tan cerca	1996	Novel
Tierra de Nadia	2000	Novel
Catador de arenas	2010	Novel	2005 National Literature Prize (in the Novel genre) from the House of Ecuadorian Culture. Originally titled Jet Lag.
Nunca más Amarilis	2018	Novel	Miguel Donoso Pareja Short Novel Prize
El buen ladrón	2019	Novel
Puerto sin rostros	1996	Poetry
Hijas de fin de milenio	1997	Poetry	César Dávila Andrade National Poetry Prize
Palincesto	1998	Poetry	1997 National Literature Prize (in the Poetry genre) from the House of Ecuadorian Culture.
El mismo mar de todas Las Havanas	2012	Poetry	Aurelio Espinosa Pólit Prize
Babelia Express	2014	Poetry	2013 National Literature Prize (in the Poetry genre) from the House of Ecuadorian Culture. Originally titled Cuadernos romanos.
Movimientos para bosquejar un rostro	1993	Short story
Bonsáis	1993	Short story	Jorge Salazar Short Story Prize
Lienzos y camafeos	2012	Short story
Adivina quién cumplió cien años	1996	Other
El gabinete del doctor Cineman	2006	Other
Volumetrías	2014	Other