Francisco Tobar García (Quito, November 3, 1928 – Quito, February 1, 1997) was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright, short story writer, essayist, journalist, literary critic, diplomat and university professor.MCNbiografias: Tobar García, Francisco (1928-VVVV)
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.Francisco Tobar García - Ómnibus, Revista intercultural n. 44
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)
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