José Martínez Queirolo (March 22, 1931 – October 8, 2008) was an

Ecuadorian Ecuadorians ( es, ecuatorianos) are people identified with the South American country of Ecuador. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Ecuadorians, several (or all) of these connections exist and are colle ...

playwright and narrator. He was the 2001 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by President

Gustavo Noboa Gustavo José Joaquín Noboa Bejarano (21 August 1937 – 16 February 2021) was an Ecuadorian politician. He served as the 42nd president of Ecuador from 22 January 2000 to 15 January 2003. Previously he served as the Vice President of Ecuador, ...

. Martínez Queirolo, known by friends as "Pipo", was born and died in the city of

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, of cancer on October 8, 2008.

Works

* La casa del qué dirán. * Goteras * QEPD * El poema de Caín * Cuestión de vida o muerte. * La torre de marfil. * Los unos versus los otros (1968) * La conquista no ha terminado todavía (1983) * Puerto lejos del mar * Las faltas justificadas * El baratillo de la sinceridad * Réquiem por la lluvia (Brillante demostración del uso del monólogo)(1962) * Montesco y su señora * La balada de la Cárcel de Reading * Diloconamor * Y el pesebre nació * La Esquina. * La Dama meona (1976) * Futurama * Los Sánchez (versión latina y futura inspiración para Los Simpson)

References

1931 births 2008 deaths Ecuadorian dramatists and playwrights Writers from Guayaquil Deaths from cancer in Ecuador 20th-century dramatists and playwrights {{Ecuador-writer-stub