Enrique Gil Gilbert
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Enrique Gil Gilbert born in the coastal city of Guayaquil
, was an Ecuador
ian novelist.
Gil Gilbert was the youngest of the so-called "Grupo de Guayaquil" (Group of Guayaquil). The "Grupo de Guayaquil" was one of the most recognized literary groups in Ecuador in 1930-1940. Its members were the writers Demetrio Aguilera Malta
, Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
, Joaquín Gallegos Lara
, and José de la Cuadra
. They wrote novels about the Ecuadorian mestizo
.
Gil Gilbert's writings include the novel Yunga (1933), the book of short stories Relatos de Emanuel (1939), and his most famous novel Nuestro Pan (1942), which has been translated to the German and Czech languages.
He spent the rest of his life in politics as a high-ranking communist, and made many visits to the U.S.S.R. before his death.
Enrique Gil Gilbert married Alba Calderon, a painter and a revolutionary who funded the movement for the recognition of women in Ecuador. They have two sons: Enrique Gil Calderon, an extraordinary musician who is the founder of the choral culture in the country, and Antonio Gil Calderon, a doctor and businessman.
Gil Gilbert has as his only descendants his five grandchildren: Mariana Gil Dubasova, the only daughter of his son Antonio. Beatriz Gil Parra, a singer of popular music, daughter of Beatriz Parra Durango
with his son Enrique (Kily) who married for a second time with Dr. Miriam Estrada-Castillo. They had three children together: Alfredo Antonio Gil Estrada, a Lawyer. Fernando Mauricio Gil Estrada a musician, and Alba Yolanda Gil Estrada.
Guayaquil
Guayaquil , officially Santiago de Guayaquil , is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador,with about 2.3 million inhabitants in the city and nearly 3.1 million in the metropolitan area, as well as that nation's main port...
, was an Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
ian novelist.
Gil Gilbert was the youngest of the so-called "Grupo de Guayaquil" (Group of Guayaquil). The "Grupo de Guayaquil" was one of the most recognized literary groups in Ecuador in 1930-1940. Its members were the writers Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Demetrio Aguilera Malta was an Ecuadorian writer, director, painter, and diplomat. His literary work was based on social reality.-Biography:...
, Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
Alfredo Pareja Diez Canseco — born Alfredo Pareja y Diez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat. An innovator of the 20th century Latin American novel, he was a member of the literary Grupo de Guayaquil...
, Joaquín Gallegos Lara
Joaquín Gallegos Lara
Joaquín Gallegos Lara was an Ecuadorian novelist and essayist.Lara was born in Guayaquil in 1911 to a poor family, and was self-taught. Many of his stories were collected in"Las Cruces Sobre el Agua," a novel published in 1946...
, and José de la Cuadra
José de la Cuadra
José de la Cuadra was an Ecuadorian writer born in Guayaquil, Ecuador.He had an LL.D. of the University of Guayaquil and worked as a diplomat in Argentina and Uruguay....
. They wrote novels about the Ecuadorian mestizo
Mestizo
Mestizo is a term traditionally used in Latin America, Philippines and Spain for people of mixed European and Native American heritage or descent...
.
Gil Gilbert's writings include the novel Yunga (1933), the book of short stories Relatos de Emanuel (1939), and his most famous novel Nuestro Pan (1942), which has been translated to the German and Czech languages.
He spent the rest of his life in politics as a high-ranking communist, and made many visits to the U.S.S.R. before his death.
Enrique Gil Gilbert married Alba Calderon, a painter and a revolutionary who funded the movement for the recognition of women in Ecuador. They have two sons: Enrique Gil Calderon, an extraordinary musician who is the founder of the choral culture in the country, and Antonio Gil Calderon, a doctor and businessman.
Gil Gilbert has as his only descendants his five grandchildren: Mariana Gil Dubasova, the only daughter of his son Antonio. Beatriz Gil Parra, a singer of popular music, daughter of Beatriz Parra Durango
Beatriz Parra Durango
Ecuador's foremost classical soprano, Beatriz Parra Durango was born in Guayaquil, 1940. Her mother was the journalist Dora Durango Lopez. Parra Durango was married to Enrique Gil with whom had her only daughter, the vedette Beatriz Gil Parra, born in 1959...
with his son Enrique (Kily) who married for a second time with Dr. Miriam Estrada-Castillo. They had three children together: Alfredo Antonio Gil Estrada, a Lawyer. Fernando Mauricio Gil Estrada a musician, and Alba Yolanda Gil Estrada.