Joaquín Gallegos Lara

Joaquín Gallegos Lara was born in Guayaquil on 9 April 1909 with atrophied legs and was never able to walk. Self-taught, he learned several languages on his own and became one of the most active communist militants in his city: a friend, Juan Alberto Falcón, carried him on his shoulders in demonstrations and street fights. He published his first verses in the Guayaquil reviews, in 1930 co-signed a short story collection with Demetrio Aguilera Malta and Enrique Gil Gilbert, was one of the five of the Guayaquil group, and wrote literary criticism for the press. He died in his native city on 16 November 1947.

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• NovelLas cruces sobre el aguaJoaquín Gallegos Lara · 1946not translated into EnglishLiteraturePublic domain