Simón Corral (

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

, January 5, 1946) is an

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ''Eku ...

ian poet and dramatist. He studied sociology at the

Central University of Ecuador , image = Escudo de la Universidad Central del Ecuador.png , caption = , alt = , motto = ''Omnium Potentior est Sapientia'' , established = , type = National university , president = , ...

, 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 Tzantzismo was a cultural movement in the 1960s, Ecuador. It was founded in Quito in 1962 by Marco Muñoz and Ulises Estrella, and joined by other members throughout the 1960s. They were greatly influenced by other Ecuadorian intellectuals such as ...

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 poets Ecuadorian dramatists and playwrights People from Quito Central University of Ecuador alumni Living people {{Ecuador-poet-stub