Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco

1908 - 1993

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movement: Guayaquil Group

genre: novel, essay

country of citizenship: Ecuador

languages spoken, written or signed: Spanish

occupation: writer, historian, journalist, diplomat

award received: Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun of Peru‎, Premio Eugenio Espejo, Guggenheim Fellowship

position held: National Assembly Deputy

Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (October 12, 1908 – May 1, 1993) — born Alfredo Pareja y Díez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th-century Latin American novel, he was a founding member of the literary Grupo de Guayaquil ("Group of Guayaquil"), which brought a new emphasis to realistic novels. The government of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1979–81) appointed Pareja as Chancellor of the Republic and he also served as Foreign Minister of Ecuador (1979–80) and Ambassador to France (1983–84). His books have not yet been translated into English. Source: Wikipedia (en)