Category: Poets

19th Century Writers · Author

Pastora Alomía de Guerrero

Pastora Alomía de Guerrero (born Pastora Alomía Delgado, 1835 – May 21, 1919) was a poet from Ibarra, Imbabura, Ecuador, celebrated for…

17th Century Writers · Author

Marcos Alcocer

Marcos Alcocer was a 17th-century Jesuit priest and poet from Quito, and brother to Hernando and Pedro Alcocer. He was admired for…

18th Century Writers · Author

Joaquín Aillón

Joaquín Aillón (Ambato, 1712 – 1801) was a Jesuit priest, professor, and Latin-language poet from Ecuador, best known for his didactic work…

21st Century Writers · Author

Luis Franco González

Luis Franco González (Santa Rosa, Santa Elena, Ecuador, 1988) is a poet, educator, and cultural promoter whose work has garnered national and…

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Alejandro Andrade Coello

Alejandro Andrade Coello (Quito, 1875 – Quito, November 13, 1943) was an Ecuadorian writer, journalist, and educator renowned for his contributions to…

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Dario Demetrio Ruiz

Dario Demetrio Ruiz C. (1897–1980) was an Ecuadorian journalist, poet, and customs manager. In the 1930s, he founded two newspapers in Guayaquil:…

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Publio A. Falconí

Publio Antonio Falconí Pazmiño (Chone, January 21, 1906 – Guayaquil, July 1991) was an Ecuadorian poet, journalist, educator, and public servant. A…

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Galo Ochoa

Galo Ochoa was an Ecuadorian poet and author. He wrote Rebeldía (1935), a socially conscious poetry collection described in its prologue by…

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Luis F. Madera

Luis Francisco Madera Negrete (Ibarra, Ecuador, February 25, 1883 – Quito, Ecuador, November 23, 1987) was a chronicler, poet, historian, and jurist…

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Efraín Fabara Ch.

Efraín Fabara Ch. was an early 20th-century Ecuadorian poet who published his only known collection, "Parque Infantil" (Children's Park), in Quito in…

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Carlos Dousdebés

Carlos Dousdebés (1902-1958) was an Ecuadorian poet whose only published collection, Surtidores blancos (White Fountains), was released in Quito in 1930 by…

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Corina del Parral Durán

Corina del Parral Durán (Bahía Blanca, Argentina, January 25, 1905 – Buenos Aires, Argentina, February 8, 1979) was a celebrated Argentine composer,…

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Lorena Salazar Suquilanda

Lorena Salazar Suquilanda (Quito, Ecuador, May 6, 1983) is a poet, clinical psychologist, and human rights advocate whose work interweaves creative expression…

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Guido Mera Vera

Guido Mera Vera (Tixán, January 25, 1934 – Riobamba, July 14, 2003) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, and physician, known for his…

20th Century Writers · Author

César Espíndola Pino

César Espíndola Pino (Tulcán, 1917–Unknown) was an Ecuadorian author and lawyer. Born in Tulcán, he trained in law and served as Deputy…