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Magaly Vanégas Coveña

Magaly Vanégas Coveña (Cuenca, 1953) is an Ecuadorian poet, short story writer, journalist, philologist and teacher. Following her studies at the University…

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María del Carmen Garcés

María del Carmen Garcés is a writer, translator, journalist and historian. She was born in Latacunga in 1958. She has lived in…

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Remigio Crespo Toral

Remigio Crespo Toral was an Ecuadorian poet and writer. He was born in Cuenca on August 4, 1860 and died In the same…

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Mary Corylé

María Ramona Cordero y León (Cuenca, May 21, 1894 – Cuenca, May 7, 1976) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, journalist, and playwright…

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Carmen Acevedo Vega

Carmen Acevedo Vega de Idrobo (Guayaquil, July 16, 1913 - Guayaquil, April 28, 2006) was an eminent Ecuadorian poet, writer, and journalist…

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María Angélica Idrobo

María Angélica Idrobo (July 29, 1890 - February 26, 1956) was a prominent Ecuadorian educator, writer, and pioneering women's rights activist. Educated…

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Luz Argentina Chiriboga

Luz Argentina Chiriboga Guerrero (Esmeraldas, Ecuador, April 1, 1940) is an Afro-Ecuadorian writer known for her exploration of Afro-Hispanic cultural identity and…

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Elysa Ayala

Elysa Ayala González, sometimes spelled Elisa Ayala González (Guayaquil, 1879 - 1956) was an Ecuadorian writer and painter. She was Ecuador’s first…

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Violeta Luna

Morayma Violeta Luna Carrera is an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, journalist, literary critic, professor. She was born on February 24, 1943 in Guayaquil. She is…

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Numa Pompilio Llona

Numa Pompilio Llona (Guayaquil, March 5, 1832 - April 5, 1907) was an Ecuadorian poet, lawyer, journalist, educator, diplomat, and philosopher. He served…

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Joaquín Gallegos Del Campo

Joaquín Gallegos Del Campo was an Ecuadorian modernist poet, newspaper publisher, and liberal politician. He was the father of the legendary author…

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Nela Martínez

Nela Martínez Espinosa was an Ecuadorian communist, politician, activist, feminist and writer. She was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador on November 24, 1912…

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Carlos Béjar Portilla

Carlos Béjar Portilla (Ambato, February 17, 1938) is a prominent Ecuadorian writer, poet, and lawyer, who significantly developed the science fiction genre…

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Francisco Campos Coello

Francisco Campos Coello (Guayaquil, July 24, 1841 - April 25, 1916) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian and politician. In 1871, at the age…

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Jorge Enrique Adoum

Jorge Enrique Adoum, or Jorgenrique Adoum (Ambato, June 29, 1926 - Quito, July 3, 2009) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and playwright. Adoum…