Enrique Gil Gilbert
1912
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1973
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
movement: Guayaquil Group
genre: short story, novel
country of citizenship: Ecuador
languages spoken, written or signed: French
educated at: University of Guayaquil
occupation: politician, writer
position held: National Assembly Deputy
Enrique Gil Gilbert (July 8, 1912 – February 21, 1973) was an Ecuadorian novelist, journalist, poet, and a high-ranking member of the Communist Party of Ecuador. Gil Gilbert was born and died in the coastal city of Guayaquil, and was the youngest member of the Guayaquil Group, which was one of the most renowned literary and intellectual groups in Ecuador in 1930–40. Gil Gilbert’s most famous novel is Nuestro Pan (Our Daily Bread) (1942), which was translated into English (1943), German, Japanese, and Czech. The novel won Honourable Mention in the Latin-American Prize Novel Competition. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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