Gabriel Cevallos García | |
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Born | January 6, 1913 Cuenca, Ecuador |
Died | March 16, 2004 Tampa, Florida, USA | (aged 91)
Pen name | Gabriel Cevallos, Gabriel Cevallos García |
Occupation | Writer, Historian, Philosopher, Professor |
Spouse | María del Carmen Candau |
Gabriel Cevallos García ( Cuenca, January 6, 1913 - March 16, 2004) was an Ecuadorian writer, historian, professor, and philosopher. [1]
He was the rector of the University of Cuenca from 1964 to 1968 and founder, professor, and dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Letters of the university. [2]
He taught for some years at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, where he settled in 1969 to work as a teacher. He was a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language and the National Academy of History.
He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize in Literature " Premio Eugenio Espejo" in 1988 by the President of Ecuador.
He died at the age of 91 in Tampa, Florida.