Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez | |
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Born | May 20, 1902 Santa Ana, Ecuador |
Died | April 19, 1962 Portoviejo, Ecuador | (aged 59)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Ecuadorian |
Spouse | Lila Peñaherrera Encalada |
Children | Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931-2012), Orfilia Velásquez Castro |
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez ( Santa Ana, May 20, 1902 - Portoviejo, April 19, 1962) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, and short story writer.
In 1957 he was the President of the House of Ecuadorian Culture, Manabi branch. [1]
He was the father of the Ecuadorian poet Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931-2012).
In 1961 the Ecuadorian government honored him with the Educational Merit Award.
His best known novel is Un Hombre y un Río (A Man and A River) (1957).
In 1975 his son Horacio published a collection of his poems under the title "Canción de las Voces Infinitas" (Song of the Infinite Voices), but it was not a complete collection because a great number of Hidrovo Velásquez's poems were printed in numerous magazines that are difficult to find today. [2]
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez | |
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Born | May 20, 1902 Santa Ana, Ecuador |
Died | April 19, 1962 Portoviejo, Ecuador | (aged 59)
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | Ecuadorian |
Spouse | Lila Peñaherrera Encalada |
Children | Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931-2012), Orfilia Velásquez Castro |
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez ( Santa Ana, May 20, 1902 - Portoviejo, April 19, 1962) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, and short story writer.
In 1957 he was the President of the House of Ecuadorian Culture, Manabi branch. [1]
He was the father of the Ecuadorian poet Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931-2012).
In 1961 the Ecuadorian government honored him with the Educational Merit Award.
His best known novel is Un Hombre y un Río (A Man and A River) (1957).
In 1975 his son Horacio published a collection of his poems under the title "Canción de las Voces Infinitas" (Song of the Infinite Voices), but it was not a complete collection because a great number of Hidrovo Velásquez's poems were printed in numerous magazines that are difficult to find today. [2]