Ruth Patricia Rodríguez

Ruth Patricia Rodríguez

Ruth Patricia Rodríguez Serrano (Loja, 1966) is a poet, fiction writer, and professor at the University of San Francisco of Quito. In 2005, she received the Pablo Palacio literary merit award from the Provincial Council of Loja. Rodríguez has achieved recognition for her literary works, particularly in the genres of children’s stories, youth stories, novels, and poetry. She has won two national contests for children’s and youth stories, organized by Círculo de Lectores and Pablo Palacio, respectively. Her writing has been featured in various national and international magazines and anthologies. Her novels include Putas de Cristal (2010) and Clepsidra (2020)

… [Ruth Patricia Rodríguez] knows how to handle language, how to subject it to the demands of a writing that wants to be a reflection of itself.”

Rafael Herrera Gil, Academic

Education

  • Master’s in Humanistic Studies, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores Monterrey, Mexico.
  • Master’s in Education, University of Loja, Ecuador.

Works

  • Algo más que un sueño (1978, cuento)
  • Desde el barro azul (1988, prosa poética y cuento)
  • El balcón de los colores (1990, cuento)
  • Lengua de siervo (1995, poesía)
  • Deseábulos (1998, libro colectivo de la Red Cultural Imaginar)
  • Impúdica (2007, poesía)
  • Escribir es Formidable (2008, texto de estudio para el área de composición escrita)
  • Putas de Cristal (2010, novela)
  • La certeza de los presagios (2011, libro colectivo de cuentos de algunas escritoras ecuatorianas)
  • El mar en mí (poesía 2012)
  • A la izquierda del poema (poesía, 2014)
  • Maga de la sombra (2016, poesía)
  • Clepsidra (novela, 2020)
  • Todos fuimos margaritas (cuentos, 2020). 

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