Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (June 24, 1931 – June 9, 2012) was an
Ecuadorian
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poet, writer, professor, and cultural promoter.
He inherited his passion for poetry from his father, the poet
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez ( Santa Ana, May 20, 1902 - Portoviejo, April 19, 1962) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, and short story writer.
In 1957 he was the President of the House of Ecuadorian Culture
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. In 2009 he was awarded Ecuador's National Prize "
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" in the Cultural Activities category.
He was born in
Santa Ana, Ecuador in 1931. He was a literature professor at the University Laica Eloy Alfaro in Manabi, where he sought to strengthen oral tradition, theater and music.
Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931 - 2012) - Casa de la iguanas, virtual magazine of culture and poetry (Spanish article)
Among his most popular poetry books were ''La maravillosa sensación de vivir'' (2001) and ''La Montaña'' (2003).
Works
* El montonero de Montecristi (1992)
* Jinetes en la noche (1948)
* Historia de la literatura manabita (1974)
* Se vende una ciudad: novela (1979)
* La usurpación de la tierra en América Latina (1991)
* Esperanza y desesperanza del montubio manabita (1991)
* Tauras o muertos que estan vivos (1985)
* Dimensión del dolor: poesía (1951)
* La mujer que nació así: novela (1982)
* Canto junto al fuego de los siglos (1978)
* Manzanas para los niños del mundo: poesía (1973)
* Los pájaros son hijos del viento: poesía (1987)
* La danza de los ángeles (2004)
* La novela (1975)
* La montaña (2003)
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* Las huelas de tus sandalias (1974)
* La soledad es un domingo largo (2007)
* La novela manabita y su identidad regional: ensayo (1979)
* Album fotográfico de Manabí (1998) with Tatiana Hidrovo Quiñónez
* La maravillosa sensación de vivir (2001)
References
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1931 births
2012 deaths
Ecuadorian male poets
20th-century Ecuadorian poets
20th-century male writers
People from Santa Ana Canton