Simón Corral (

Quito Quito (; ), officially San Francisco de Quito, is the capital city, capital and second-largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its metropolitan area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha Province, P ...

, January 5, 1946) is an

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

ian poet and dramatist. He studied sociology at the

Central University of Ecuador The Central University of Ecuador () is a national university located in Quito, Ecuador. It is the oldest and largest university in the country, and one of the oldest universities in the Americas. The enrollment at the university is over 10,000 ...

, and was the president of the Federation of University Students of Ecuador. He was later a professor at the Central University of Ecuador. He took part in the Tsantzismo movement of the 1960s, Ecuador.TZANTZISMO. Movimiento cultural ecuatoriano de la década de 1960 (1962-1969)
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Works

* ''El cuento de don Mateo'' (1966; Don Mateo's Story) * ''El ejercito de Runas'' (1970; The Runas' Army)

References

1946 births Ecuadorian male poets Ecuadorian male dramatists and playwrights Writers from Quito Central University of Ecuador alumni Living people {{Ecuador-poet-stub