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Francisco Tobar Garcia

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Occupation
  
Writer, Diplomat

Nationality
  
Ecuadorian


Name
  
Francisco Garcia

Role
  
Poet

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Died
  
February 1, 1997, Guayaquil, Ecuador

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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.

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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.

He died of lung cancer on February 1, 1997.

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

    Francisco Tobar García Wikipedia