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Ecuadorian literature has been characterized for essentially being costumbrista [1] and, in general, closely linked to events that are exclusively national in nature, with narratives that provide a glimpse into the life of the common citizen.The origins of Ecuadorian literature go back to the ancestral narratives that were passed down from generation to generation.
Ana Cecilia Blum (born 1972), novelist, journalist; Veronica Bonilla (born 1962), prolific children's writer, publishes in Spanish and English; Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964), playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, feminist
Elisabeth Elliot (née Howard; December 21, 1926 – June 15, 2015) was a Christian missionary, author, and speaker. Her first husband, Jim Elliot, was killed in 1956 while attempting to make missionary contact with the Auca people (now known as Huaorani; also rendered as Waorani or Waodani) of eastern Ecuador. She later spent two years as a ...
León Roldós Aguilera - former vice president of Ecuador, leader of the RED political movement; Manuela Sáenz - involved in the independence movement, Simón Bolívar's lover and confidant; Julio Teodoro Salem - politician; Jorge Salvador Lara - Ambassador to the Vatican, Peru, Chile, and France, former Foreign Minister of Ecuador
Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (11 March 1915 – 4 January 1992) [1] [2] was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. He wrote the novel La espina (1959), the short story book La manzana dañada (1983), and numerous poetry books.
Edna Iturralde (born 1948) is an Ecuadorian author who has won multiple national and international awards. She is considered the most important figure in children and young adults' literature of her country and, with fifty-seven books published, some of them in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and Spain, this author has attained significant international recognition.
From the beginning he emphasized the importance of the House's Museums, Library and Press. He published the influential literary magazine Letras del Ecuador under the direction of among others, his nephew Alejandro Carrión. [2] He also published a number of key Ecuadorian authors.