Rodrigo Abelardo Pesántez Rodas (25 July 1937 – 2 April 2020) was an Ecuadorian writer and poet.
Personal life
Pesántez Rodas was born in
Azogues. He died on 2 April 2020, in
Guayaquil
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, after contracting
COVID-19
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during the
COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
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.
Notable works
*''Visión y revisión de la literatura ecuatoriana'' (2006)
*''Panorama del ensayo en el Ecuador'' (2019)
*''De cuerpo entero: antología poética'' (2008)
*''Presencia de la mujer ecuatoriana en la poesía'' (1960)
*''Poesía de un tiempo'' (1974)
References
External links
Interview with Pesántez Rodas
1937 births
2020 deaths
Ecuadorian poets
Ecuadorian writers
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador
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