Luis Aguilar Monsalve (born 7 October 1942) is an Ecuadorian writer,

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, and

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at Hanover College in the United States.

Biography

Born in Cuenca, Ecuador, Aguilar Monsalve studied extensively in the United States, where received a BA from Loyola Marymount University, an MA from

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, and MA and PhD degrees in Political Science and Latin American Literature from the

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. He was a lecturer in language, culture and literature at UCLA from 1982-1995. He was also professor of Latin American literature and cultures at Hanover College from 2006 to 2016. From 2001 to 2006, he was visiting assistant professor and writer-in-residence at Wabash College; from 1995 to 2001 he was Professor of Latin American Literature, Political Science and International Relations at

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Literary work

Aguilar Monsalve has published nineteen books of short-stories since 1986, some of them with several editions. He has also published one novel wit
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two books of essays and one anthology of Ecuadorian short stories from the 21st century and one anthology of Ecuadorian flash fiction.

Awards and recognition

*2013 The Daryl R. Karns Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity. *2012 Fray Vicente Solano Award for Outstanding Educator and Creative Writer *2012 Member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language *199
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Selected works

Luis Aguilar Monsalve is included in the following anthologies: *''Literatura del Ecuador (cuatrocientos años) crítica y selecciones (2001) *''Antología Básica e Histórica del Cuento Ecuatoriano. Quito. Décima Primera Edición Actualizada'' (2004). * ''El cuento ecuatoriano 1970-2010 '' (2012) * ''Narrativa de Azuay y Cañar '' (2012) * ''Antología básica e historia del cuento ecuatoriano '' (2016) * ''Antología bilingüe del cuento ecuatoriano de inicios del siglo XXI (2017) * ''Cuentos migrantes '' (2017) * ''Antología del Microcuento Ecuatoriano'' (2019) Eskeletra editorial. * ''Un autor, un relato'' (2021) Generis Publishing. 9 781639 023226 Books about Luis Aguilar Monsalve: * ''Luis Aguilar Monsalve: Acercamiento crítico a su narrativa'' (2016) Quito. Editorial Ecuador.

References

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