Nelson Estupiñán Bass

Nelson Estupiñán Bass was born on 19 September 1912 in Súa, in the province of Esmeraldas. Close to the Ecuadorian Communist Party, he was imprisoned under conservative governments and lost his teaching posts. A poet, novelist and essayist, author of long poems such as Timarán y Cuabú, collected in Duelo de gigantes, he received the national Eugenio Espejo Prize in 1993. He died in 2002 in Pennsylvania, where he was giving lectures.

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• NovelWhen the Guayacans Were in BloomCuando los guayacanes florecíanNelson Estupiñán Bass · 1954Literature