Francisco Tobar García

Francisco Tobar Garcia
Born	November 3, 1928 Quito, Ecuador
Died	February 1, 1997 (1997-03) (aged 68) Guayaquil, Ecuador
Occupation	Writer, Diplomat
Nationality	Ecuadorian

Francisco Tobar Garcia (Quito, November 3, 1928 – Guayaquil, February 1, 1997) was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic, diplomat and university professor.^[1]

He held a Ph.D. in Literature from the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador. He was a visiting professor at the National University of La Plata in Argentina, the Sorbonne in Paris, and the Complutense University of Madrid. He functioned as a diplomat for the Ecuadorian government in Spain, Haiti and Venezuela. He was also the director of the publishing division of the House of Ecuadorian Culture.^[2]

He died of lung cancer on February 1, 1997.^[3]

Works

Poetry

• Amargo (Quito: Ed. Presencia, 1951)
• Segismundo y Zalatiel (Quito: Ed. Presencia, 1952)
• Naufragio y otros poemas (Quito: Ed. Casa de la Cultura, 1962)
• Dhanu (Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, 1978)
• Ebrio de eternidad (Quito: Ed. Banco Central de Ecuador, 1992)

Plays

• Tres piezas de teatro (Quito: Ed. Casa de la Cultura, 1962)
• Grandes comedias (Quito: Ed. Casa de la Cultura, 1981)

Novels

• Pares o nones (Madrid: Ed. Planeta, 1979) - winner of the Marbella Prize in Spain
• La corriente era libre (Bogotá: Ed. Paulinas, 1979)
• Autobiografía admirable de mi tía Eduvigis (Quito: Ed. El Conejo, 1991) - considered Francisco Tobar Garcia's masterpiece by critics

Short stories

• Los quiteños (Quito: Ed. Central de Publicaciones, 1991)

References