Francisco Tobar Garcia ( Quito, November 3, 1928 – Quito, February 1, 1997) was an

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poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic, diplomat and university professor. He held a Ph.D. in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. He was a visiting professor at the

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in Argentina, the

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in Paris, and the

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. He functioned as a diplomat for the Ecuadorian government in Spain, Haiti and Venezuela. He was also the director of the publishing division of the House of Ecuadorian Culture. He died of lung cancer on February 1, 1997.The Autobiographical Dictionary of Ecuador: FRANCISCO TOBAR Y GARCIA
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Works

Poetry * ''Amargo'' (Quito: Ed. Presencia, 1951) * ''Segismundo y Zalatiel'' (Quito: Ed. Presencia, 1952) * ''Naufragio y otros poemas'' (Quito: Ed. Casa de la Cultura, 1962) * ''Dhanu'' (Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, 1978) * ''Ebrio de eternidad'' (Quito: Ed. Banco Central de Ecuador, 1992) Plays * ''Tres piezas de teatro'' (Quito: Ed. Casa de la Cultura, 1962) * ''Grandes comedias'' (Quito: Ed. Casa de la Cultura, 1981) Novels * ''Pares o nones'' (Madrid: Ed. Planeta, 1979) - winner of the Marbella Prize in Spain * ''La corriente era libre'' (Bogotá: Ed. Paulinas, 1979) * ''Autobiografía admirable de mi tía Eduvigis'' (Quito: Ed. El Conejo, 1991) - considered Francisco Tobar Garcia's masterpiece by critics Short stories * ''Los quiteños'' (Quito: Ed. Central de Publicaciones, 1991)

References

1928 births 1997 deaths 20th-century dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Ecuadorian poets 20th-century novelists 20th-century short story writers Ecuadorian male poets People from Quito Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador alumni University of Paris alumni Complutense University of Madrid alumni National University of La Plata alumni Deaths from lung cancer in Ecuador Ecuadorian dramatists and playwrights Ecuadorian novelists Ecuadorian male short story writers {{Ecuador-diplomat-stub