List of Ecuadorian women writers

This is a list of women writers who were born in Ecuador or whose writings are closely associated with that country.

A

• Carmen Acevedo Vega (1913–2006), poet, novelist, short story writer, journalist
• Elysa Ayala (1879–1956), short story writer, painter

B

• Ana Cecilia Blum (born 1972), novelist, journalist
• Veronica Bonilla (born 1962), prolific children's writer, publishes in Spanish and English
• Rosa Borja de Ycaza (1889–1964), playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, feminist
• Aminta Buenaño (born 1958), short story writer, journalist, politician

C

• Hipatia Cárdenas de Bustamante (1889–1972), novelist, poet, journalist, suffragist, feminist
• Fanny Carrión de Fierro (born 1936), poet, critic, essayist, educator
• Luz Argentina Chiriboga (born 1940) Afro-Ecuadorian essayist, poet, novelist
• Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1929), poet, novelist, journalist

E

• Ileana Espinel (1933–2001), poet, journalist, magazine editor
• Jenny Estrada (born 1940), historian, biographer, non-fiction writer, journalist

G

• Karina Galvez (born 1964), Ecuadorian-American poet, writes in Spanish and English

H

• Yanna Hadatty (born 1969), short story writer, essayist

I

• Edna Iturralde (born 1948), acclaimed children's writer

L

• Violeta Luna (born 1943), poet, novelist, essayist, critic, educator

M

• Nela Martínez (1912–2004), politician, activist, poet, short story writer

R

• Sonia Romo Verdesoto, poet, author of Ternura del aire (1963)
• Lupe Rumazo (born 1933), essayist, short story writer, novelist

T

• Doménica Tabacchi (born 1973), politician, journalist

U

• Zoila Ugarte de Landívar (1864–1969), journalist, magazine editor, suffragist, feminist

V

• Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857), poet
• Marieta de Veintimilla (1855–1907), first lady, non-fiction writer
• Raquel Verdesoto (1910–1999), poet, biographer, feminist
• Eugenia Viteri (1928), novelist, anthologist, teacher

See also

• List of women writers
• List of Spanish-language authors

References