Category: Poets

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Modesto Ponce Maldonado

Modesto Ponce Maldonado (Quito, 1938) is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, and businessman. He began writing fiction in his later years.…

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Jorge Luis Pérez Armijos

Jorge Luis Pérez Armijos (Guayaquil, 1987) is an Ecuadorian, poet, essayist, editor, and translator. He has authored 4 poetry books, including “Rimas…

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Alberto Ordoñez Ortíz

Alberto Ordoñez Ortíz (Cuenca, March 16, 1942 - Ibidem, August 29, 2022) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and lawyer. During the last…

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Eduardo Muñoz Valdebenito

Eduardo Muñoz Valdebenito was an Ecuadorian poet who in 1977 won 3rd Prize in the Ismael Pérez Pazmiño Poetry Contest of the…

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Bernard Fougères

Bernard Fougères, born Bernard Victor Theophile Isidore Fougères Julliot (France, 1934 – Guayaquil, May 5, 2018) was a French journalist, poet, and…

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Gonzalo Portugal Proaño

Gonzalo Portugal Proaño (19??-????) was an Ecuadorian poet. In the 1970’s his poems appeared in a few poetry anthologies published by the…

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Remigio Romero y Cordero

Remigio Romero y Cordero (Cuenca, June 13, 1895 - Quito, 1967) was an Ecuadorian poet, lawyer, professor, parliamentarian and journalist. He was…

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Ángel Emilio Hidalgo

Ángel Emilio Hidalgo Ortiz (Guayaquil, 1973) is an Ecuadorian historian, a poet, a professor at Guayaquil's University of the Arts (UArtes) since…

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Carlos Villasís Endara

Carlos Alfonso Villasís Endara (Bahía de Caráquez, November 17, 1930 - Quito, January 27, 2023) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, playwright, and…

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Teodoro Vanegas Andrade

Teodoro Vanegas Andrade (Cuenca, December 21, 1926 - 2002) was an Ecuadorian novelist, journalist, editor, and poet who was a member of…

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Francisca Ortega Salazar

Francisca Ortega Salazar (1933 - Unknown) was an Ecuadorian poet and children's literature author. In 1984, she won the Ismael Pérez Pazmiño…

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Othón Muñoz Alvear

Othón Muñoz Alvear (Guayaquil, Jan 14, 1945 - August 9,2014) was an Ecuadorian poet, columnist, writer, anthologist, theater actor, teacher, and politician.…

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Claudio Mena Villamar

Claudio Mena Villamar (Quito, May 28, 1928) is a poet, essayist, journalist, lawyer, and professor. In 1976, he won first prize in…

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Nicanor de J. Alejandro Reyes

Nicanor de Jesus Alejandro Reyes (Santa Elena, December 24, 1928) is an Ecuadorian poet. In 1967, he took First Prize in the…

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Ignacio Carvallo Castillo

Ignacio Carvallo Castillo (Guayaquil, January 6, 1937 – Guayaquil, August 28, 2015) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, and journalist, prominent in the…