Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important figures in colonial Ecuador. He was Quito's first journalist and hygienist.
Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora was an Ecuadorian writer, diplomat and cultural promoter.
Theo Constanté Parra was a master Latin American painter part of the Abstract Informalist Movement in Ecuador. In 2005, Constanté won the country's most prestigious award for art, literature and culture, the Premio Eugenio Espejo National Award, presented by the President of Ecuador. Constanté's works are abstract in nature and consist of many colors which meld together amongst loosely drawn geometric lines. Constanté stated that his favorite colors were red, orange and blue and they are the colors that are typically more dominant in his work.
Instituto Nacional Mejía is a public secondary educational institution of Quito. It was founded on June 1, 1897 by Eloy Alfaro Delgado, then president of Ecuador.
Abdón Ubidia (1944) is an Ecuadorian writer who is considered one of the most representative and relevant voices of modern Ecuadorian literature. He was the 2012 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by President Rafael Correa.
Filoteo Samaniego Salazar was an Ecuadorian novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat. He became a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language in 1984, and was its secretary from 1996–2006. He was awarded Ecuador's most prestigious prize, the Premio Eugenio Espejo, in 2001. Samaniego's diplomatic career began in 1949 as the chief of staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador. He served as Ecuador's Ambassador to Austria, Germany, Romania and Egypt; and was a permanent representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI); and held many other academic, national, and international posts in his lifetime. He translated books from French to Spanish, including the Spanish translation of Chronique (1960) by the French Nobel laureate Saint-John Perse.
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel is an Ecuadorian lawyer, historian, and biographer. He was declared the lifetime chronicler of the city of Guayaquil, and is a member of the National Academy of Ecuadorian History. He was the 2005 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by President Alfredo Palacio.
Plutarco Naranjo Vargas was a doctor, teacher, journalist, historian, and scientific researcher. He served as the Ecuadorian ambassador to the Soviet Union, Poland, and the German Democratic Republic (concurrently) from 1977 to 1978. In 1988, he accepted a four-year appointment to the cabinet of newly elected president Rodrigo Borja Cevallos as Minister of Health.
Julio Pazos Barrera is a poet, writer, teacher, and cook.
Guillermo Ayoví Erazo better known as Papá Roncón was an Afro-Ecuadorian musician, singer, and marimba player.
Jaime Galarza Zavala was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, journalist and politician.
Jorge Swett Palomeque was an Ecuadorian muralist, painter, lawyer and writer.
Alfredo Palacio Moreno was an Ecuadorian sculptor and painter.
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses was an Ecuadorian writer and university professor.
Edgar Palacios Rodriguez, known as Edgar Palacios, is an Ecuadorian music composer.
Alfonso Rumazo González was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, essayist and literary critic.
Javier Vásconez is an Ecuadorian novelist, short story writer, and editor.
Tania Tinoco was an Ecuadorian journalist, author, television producer, director, TV and radio presenter, reporter, interviewer, and opinion leader. For more than 30 years she has been known as the host of the Ecuavisa nightly newscast, Televistazo.
María Manuela Dominga de Espejo y Aldaz, known as Manuela de la Santa Cruz y Espejo was an Ecuadorian journalist, nurse, feminist, and revolutionary. She was the sister of Eugenio Espejo, with whom she discussed and shared Enlightenment and revolutionary, pro-revolutionary thought and ideas.
Juan Valdano Morejón is an Ecuadorian writer. He was born in Cuenca in 1939. He studied at the University of Cuenca, Complutense University of Madrid and the University of Aix-en-Provence. He taught literature and literary theory at the University of Cuenca and at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador.
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