Catalina Sojos Mata (Cuenca, 1951) is a poet, writer, columnist, author of children’s literature, and a translator. In 1989, at the age of 37, she published her first poetry book: Hojas de poesía. She has been awarded the Gabriela Mistral National Poetry Prize, 1989, and the Jorge Carrera Andrade Prize, 1992. She is currently the director of the Manuel A. Landívar Museum in Cuenca, Ecuador.
Promo video for the “Catalina Sojos” episode of the program “La Belleza de Sentir”
Awards
- Gabriela Mistral National Poetry Prize, 1989.
- Jorge Carrera Andrade Prize, 1992 (bestowed by the government of Ecuador).
- Medal “al Mérito Laboral”, 2009 (bestowed by the government of Ecuador).
Works
| Title | Publisher/Notes | Year |
| Hojas de poesía | Departamento Cultural de la Cruz Roja del Azuay, Cuenca | 1989 |
| Fuego | Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Benjamín Carrión, Núcleo del Azuay, Cuenca | 1990 |
| Tréboles marcados | Abrapalabra editores, Quito | 1991 |
| Cantos de piedra y agua | Editorial Báez Oquendo, Cuenca | 1999 |
| Láminas de la Memoria | 1999 | |
| El rincón del tambor (prosa poética) | Universidad de Cuenca, Colección Triformidad, Cuenca | 2000 |
| Brujillo | Universidad de Cuenca | 1997 |
| Escrito en Abril | 2009 | |
| Antología Personal | 2010 | |
| Ecuador | Alfaguara | 2015 |