Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco
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Alfredo Pareja Diez Canseco (October 12, 1908 in Guayaquil
— May 1, 1993 in Quito
) — 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 ("Group of Guayaquil"). The government of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera
(1979–81) appointed him Chancellor of the Republic and he served as Foreign Minister
of Ecuador
(1979–80) and Ambassador to Paris (1983–84).
in 1908, the son of Fernando Pareja y Pareja and of Amalia Diez-Canseco y Coloma. He had to support for his family from the age of 14, reading at night and assisting as a listener at the Colegio Vicente Rocafuerte. His early education was accomplished in his hometown: primary school at the Colegio San Luis Gonzaga of the Christian Brothers
.
During 1929-30, Pareja embarked on a footloose adventure in the United States. As a result of the Great Depression
he worked on the New York City
docks for a year (his later novel El Muelle reflects these experiences). Back in Ecuador, he became a professor of history and of Spanish and Spanish American literature at Vicente Rocafuerte
. He also served as a Superintendent of Secondary Education and as a Deputy of Guayas Province
. In 1934 he married his cousin, Mercedes Cucalón Concha niece of Carlos Concha Torres with whom he had three children, Cecilia, Jorge and Francisco.
During the dictatorship of Federico Páez
(1935–37), however, Pareja was incarcerated and ultimately exiled to Chile where he was employed by the Ercilla Publishing House. Returning to Ecuador, he became a member of the Assembly, but was jailed again by the regime of President Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez. (This 30 day detainment formed the basis of his novel, Hombres sin tiempo). He was Ecuador's chargé d'affaires
in Mexico in 1944. In 1945 he became a special representative for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
(UNRRA) in Washington D.C. and later Montevideo
and Buenos Aires
for the Governments of México
, Central America
, Argentina
, Uruguay
and Paraguay
.
Between August 1979 and July 1980, during the government of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera
, Pareja was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. During the rule of Roldós's successor, President Osvaldo Hurtado
, he served as Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
and Ambassador to Paris (1983–84).
After retirement, Pareja dedicated his time to historical research. He died in Quito on 1 May 1993.
. The main influence in his life and work were the Greek Classics, Honoré de Balzac
, Dostoievski, Thomas Mann
, Will Durant
and Arnold Toynbee
... Some critics have also detected the influence of Freud, Ehrenburg
, Gide and Proust in him.
Pareja's cycle of narrative fiction was marked by realism and a strong connection with the history of his country (El muelle [“The Pier”], 1933; Hombres sin tiempo [“Men Without Time”], 1941; Las tres ratas [The Three Rats], 1944). Having established a reputation as a writer both inside and outside of Ecuador, in 1944 he published an important novel biography, The Barbaric Bonfire, about the actions and historical circumstances surrounding the life and death of General Eloy Alfaro
. A new cycle of novels started in 1956 with La advertencia (“The Warning) and continued with El aire y los recuerdos (“Air and Memories”; 1959) and Los poderes omnímodos (“All-embracing Powers”; 1964). It was ambitious to describe the evolution of Ecuadorian society since 1925. Subsequently, he published the novel Las pequeñas estaturas (Small Statures; 1970) and authored an essay on “Thomas Mann and the New Humanism” (1956) and “Essays on Essays” (1981).
Pareja maintained a long association with the famous "Guayaquil Group" of Ecuadorian writers (José de la Cuadra
, Joaquin Gallegos Lara
, Demetrio Aguilera Malta
, Enrique Gil Gilbert
). He also associated with Jorge Luis Borges
, Juan David García Bacca
, John Dos Passos
, Arnold Toynbee
, Julio Cortázar
, Alvaro Mutis
, Jorge Enrique Adoum
, Benjamin Carrión
, Oswaldo Guayasamín
and his nephew Miguel Donoso Pareja. The only biography about Pareja was written by the journalist and writer Francisco Febres Cordero.
Pareja maintained periodical correspondence with John Steinbeck
.
The President Galo Plaza Lasso, worked with Pareja in educational projects after World War II
around the globe, mostly in Central and South America.
Alfredo Pareja is included in the following anthologies:
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...
— May 1, 1993 in Quito
Quito
San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...
) — born Alfredo Pareja y Diez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
, historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and diplomat
Diplomat
A diplomat is a person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization. The main functions of diplomats revolve around the representation and protection of the interests and nationals of the sending state, as well as the promotion of information and...
. An innovator of the 20th century Latin American novel, he was a member of the literary Grupo de Guayaquil ("Group of Guayaquil"). The government of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Jaime Roldós Aguilera was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 to 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights. His death in a plane crash gave rise to speculation of involvement by the United States government in the accident.-Early life and...
(1979–81) appointed him Chancellor of the Republic and he served as Foreign Minister
Foreign minister
A Minister of Foreign Affairs, or foreign minister, is a cabinet minister who helps form the foreign policy of a sovereign state. The foreign minister is often regarded as the most senior ministerial position below that of the head of government . It is often granted to the deputy prime minister in...
of 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...
(1979–80) and Ambassador to Paris (1983–84).
Biography
Pareja was born in GuayaquilGuayaquil
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...
in 1908, the son of Fernando Pareja y Pareja and of Amalia Diez-Canseco y Coloma. He had to support for his family from the age of 14, reading at night and assisting as a listener at the Colegio Vicente Rocafuerte. His early education was accomplished in his hometown: primary school at the Colegio San Luis Gonzaga of the Christian Brothers
Congregation of Christian Brothers
The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. The Christian Brothers, as they are commonly known, chiefly work for the evangelisation and education of youth, but are involved in many ministries, especially with...
.
During 1929-30, Pareja embarked on a footloose adventure in the United States. As a result of the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
he worked on the New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
docks for a year (his later novel El Muelle reflects these experiences). Back in Ecuador, he became a professor of history and of Spanish and Spanish American literature at Vicente Rocafuerte
Vicente Rocafuerte
Vicente Rocafuerte y Bejarano was an influential figure in Ecuadorian politics and President of Ecuador from September 10, 1834 to January 31, 1839....
. He also served as a Superintendent of Secondary Education and as a Deputy of Guayas Province
Guayas Province
Guayas is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean ; to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Ríos and Bolívar; and to the south by El Oro and the Pacific Ocean.With a population of over 3...
. In 1934 he married his cousin, Mercedes Cucalón Concha niece of Carlos Concha Torres with whom he had three children, Cecilia, Jorge and Francisco.
During the dictatorship of Federico Páez
Federico Páez
Federico Páez Chiriboga was President of Ecuador 1935-1937....
(1935–37), however, Pareja was incarcerated and ultimately exiled to Chile where he was employed by the Ercilla Publishing House. Returning to Ecuador, he became a member of the Assembly, but was jailed again by the regime of President Aurelio Mosquera Narvaez. (This 30 day detainment formed the basis of his novel, Hombres sin tiempo). He was Ecuador's chargé d'affaires
Chargé d'affaires
In diplomacy, chargé d’affaires , often shortened to simply chargé, is the title of two classes of diplomatic agents who head a diplomatic mission, either on a temporary basis or when no more senior diplomat has been accredited.-Chargés d’affaires:Chargés d’affaires , who were...
in Mexico in 1944. In 1945 he became a special representative for the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration was an international relief agency, largely dominated by the United States but representing 44 nations. Founded in 1943, it became part of the United Nations in 1945, was especially active in 1945 and 1946, and largely shut down...
(UNRRA) in Washington D.C. and later Montevideo
Montevideo
Montevideo is the largest city, the capital, and the chief port of Uruguay. The settlement was established in 1726 by Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, as a strategic move amidst a Spanish-Portuguese dispute over the platine region, and as a counter to the Portuguese colony at Colonia del Sacramento...
and Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
for the Governments of México
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, Central America
Central America
Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
, Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
, Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
and Paraguay
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
.
Between August 1979 and July 1980, during the government of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Jaime Roldós Aguilera
Jaime Roldós Aguilera was President of Ecuador from 10 August 1979 to 24 May 1981. In his short tenure, he became known for his firm stance on human rights. His death in a plane crash gave rise to speculation of involvement by the United States government in the accident.-Early life and...
, Pareja was appointed to the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs. During the rule of Roldós's successor, President Osvaldo Hurtado
Osvaldo Hurtado
Luis Osvaldo Hurtado Larrea is an Ecuadorian author and politician who served as President of Ecuador from 1981 to 1984....
, he served as Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations...
and Ambassador to Paris (1983–84).
After retirement, Pareja dedicated his time to historical research. He died in Quito on 1 May 1993.
Literary works and political stance
Pareja, of a conservative family, was part of a “socialist generation” in Ecuador. He lived through considerable political turmoil in the 1920s and concluded that his country’s salvation lay on the left side of the political spectrum. He denied, however, being a “left-winger” and insisted that he did not desire to use the fiction writer’s art as an instrument of propaganda. Rather, he sought to simply and directly depict social conditions that called for redress, while denouncing those in power who were guilty of corruption and injustice. His first novel, La casa de los locos (1929), satirized Ecuadorian politics and attacked so many real people that publication was considerably delayed. Pareja attested to the strong influence of the Mexican writer and politician José VasconcelosJosé Vasconcelos
José Vasconcelos Calderón was a Mexican writer, philosopher and politician. He is one of the most influential and controversial personalities in the development of modern Mexico. His philosophy of "indigenismo" affected all aspects of Mexican sociocultural, political, and economic...
. The main influence in his life and work were the Greek Classics, Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of short stories and novels collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a panorama of French life in the years after the 1815 fall of Napoleon....
, Dostoievski, Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann
Thomas Mann was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate, known for his series of highly symbolic and ironic epic novels and novellas, noted for their insight into the psychology of the artist and the intellectual...
, Will Durant
Will Durant
William James Durant was a prolific American writer, historian, and philosopher. He is best known for The Story of Civilization, 11 volumes written in collaboration with his wife Ariel Durant and published between 1935 and 1975...
and Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee was a British economic historian also noted for his social commitment and desire to improve the living conditions of the working classes.-Biography:...
... Some critics have also detected the influence of Freud, Ehrenburg
Ilya Ehrenburg
Ilya Grigoryevich Ehrenburg was a Soviet writer, journalist, translator, and cultural figure.Ehrenburg is among the most prolific and notable authors of the Soviet Union; he published around one hundred titles. He became known first and foremost as a novelist and a journalist - in particular, as a...
, Gide and Proust in him.
Pareja's cycle of narrative fiction was marked by realism and a strong connection with the history of his country (El muelle [“The Pier”], 1933; Hombres sin tiempo [“Men Without Time”], 1941; Las tres ratas [The Three Rats], 1944). Having established a reputation as a writer both inside and outside of Ecuador, in 1944 he published an important novel biography, The Barbaric Bonfire, about the actions and historical circumstances surrounding the life and death of General Eloy Alfaro
Eloy Alfaro
José Eloy Alfaro Delgado was the President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. He became one the strongest opponents of pro-Catholic conservative President Gabriel Garcia Moreno...
. A new cycle of novels started in 1956 with La advertencia (“The Warning) and continued with El aire y los recuerdos (“Air and Memories”; 1959) and Los poderes omnímodos (“All-embracing Powers”; 1964). It was ambitious to describe the evolution of Ecuadorian society since 1925. Subsequently, he published the novel Las pequeñas estaturas (Small Statures; 1970) and authored an essay on “Thomas Mann and the New Humanism” (1956) and “Essays on Essays” (1981).
Pareja maintained a long association with the famous "Guayaquil Group" of Ecuadorian writers (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....
, Joaquin 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...
, 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:...
, Enrique Gil Gilbert
Enrique Gil Gilbert
Enrique Gil Gilbert , born in the coastal city of Guayaquil, was an Ecuadorian novelist.Gil Gilbert was the youngest of the so-called "Grupo de Guayaquil" . The "Grupo de Guayaquil" was one of the most recognized literary groups in Ecuador in 1930-1940...
). He also associated with Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo , known as Jorge Luis Borges , was an Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator born in Buenos Aires. In 1914 his family moved to Switzerland where he attended school, receiving his baccalauréat from the Collège de Genève in 1918. The family...
, Juan David García Bacca
Juan David García Bacca
Juan David García Bacca , was a Spanish-Venezuelan philosopher and university professor....
, John Dos Passos
John Dos Passos
John Roderigo Dos Passos was an American novelist and artist.-Early life:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Dos Passos was the illegitimate son of John Randolph Dos Passos , a distinguished lawyer of Madeiran Portuguese descent, and Lucy Addison Sprigg Madison of Petersburg, Virginia. The elder Dos Passos...
, Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee
Arnold Toynbee was a British economic historian also noted for his social commitment and desire to improve the living conditions of the working classes.-Biography:...
, Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar
Julio Cortázar, born Jules Florencio Cortázar, was an Argentine writer. Cortázar, known as one of the founders of the Latin American Boom, influenced an entire generation of Spanish speaking readers and writers in the Americas and Europe.-Early life:Cortázar's parents, Julio José Cortázar and...
, Alvaro Mutis
Álvaro Mutis
Álvaro Mutis Jaramillo is a Colombian poet, novelist, and essayist and author of the compendium The Adventures and Misadventures of Maqroll.-Early life:...
, Jorge Enrique Adoum
Jorge Enrique Adoum
Jorge Enrique Adoum was an Ecuadorian poet and writer. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. Social concerns were always present in his work.-Biography:...
, Benjamin Carrión
Benjamín Carrión
Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora was an Ecuadorian writer and cultural promoter.He was born into an aristocratic family in Loja. He was a lawyer by training, and occupied various positions in the public arena, including Minister of Education, legislator, diplomat in several countries of Europe and...
, Oswaldo Guayasamín
Oswaldo Guayasamín
Oswaldo Guayasamín was a Quechua native and Ecuadorian master painter and sculptor.-Early life:...
and his nephew Miguel Donoso Pareja. The only biography about Pareja was written by the journalist and writer Francisco Febres Cordero.
Pareja maintained periodical correspondence with John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
John Ernst Steinbeck, Jr. was an American writer. He is widely known for the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden and the novella Of Mice and Men...
.
The President Galo Plaza Lasso, worked with Pareja in educational projects after World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
around the globe, mostly in Central and South America.
Honors, accolades and positions
- Medalla de la Fundación Internacional Eloy Alfaro La Habana 1944
- Medalla al Mérito Literario Municipio de Guayaquil, 1972
- Premio Nacional Eugenio EspejoPremio Eugenio EspejoThe Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo is the national prize of the nation of Ecuador.Decrees 677 and 699 established the prize, which is conferred by the President of Ecuador.The Award is bestowed every other year...
("Eugenio EspejoEugenio EspejoFrancisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo was a medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. Although he was a notable scientist and writer, he stands out as a polemicist who inspired the separatist movement in Quito. He is regarded as one of the most important...
National Award"), Ecuador's most important literary award, given for a life's work, 1979. - Gran Oficial de la orden al Mérito del Ecuador
- Gran Cruz de la Orden al Mérito del Ecuador
- Gran Cruz de Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Grand Croix de Order of the Crown (Belgium)Order of the Crown (Belgium)The Order of the Crown is an Order of Belgium which was created on 15 October 1897 by King Leopold II in his capacity as ruler of the Congo Free State. The order was first intended to recognize heroic deeds and distinguished service achieved from service in the Congo Free State - many of which acts...
- Gran Cruz de la Order of the Sun (Peru)
- Gran Cruz da Orden de Rio Branco
- Gran Cruz de la Orden Jóse Cecilio del Valle
- Légion d'honneurLégion d'honneurThe Legion of Honour, or in full the National Order of the Legion of Honour is a French order established by Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the Consulat which succeeded to the First Republic, on 19 May 1802...
- Title of Doctor Honoris Causa, University of GuayaquilUniversity of GuayaquilThe University of Guayaquil , known colloquially as the Estatal, is a public university located in Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador. It is the oldest university in the city and has the largest student body. It also operates six extension universities throughout the country.-External links:* ,...
, 1986 - Member, National Academy of History, June 1989
- Member, Real Academia EspañolaReal Academia EspañolaThe Royal Spanish Academy is the official royal institution responsible for regulating the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, but is affiliated with national language academies in twenty-one other hispanophone nations through the Association of Spanish Language Academies...
- Member, Anthropological and Geography Institute of Ecuador
- Member, La Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana
- Member, Ecuadorean Academy of History
- Member, Center of Literary Studies, Universidad de Guayaquil
- History advisor, Instituto Pnamericano de Geagrafía e Historia, Ecuador.
- Professor of Cultural History, Universidad Central del Ecuador
- Subdirector and Professor of American History and Political Theory, International Institute of Politic studies, San José, Costa RicaSan José, Costa RicaSan José is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica. Located in the Central Valley, San José is the seat of national government, the focal point of political and economic activity, and the major transportation hub of this Central American nation.Founded in 1738 by order of Cabildo de León, San...
. - Full Professor of Latin America History and International Relations, Graduate School of the University of FloridaUniversity of FloridaThe University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, USA - Pensamiento Politico of the Republicas Grancolombianas
- Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
- Full Professor of Latin American Political Problems and International Relations, Advanced Center of Studies, Graduate School, University of MiamiUniversity of MiamiThe University of Miami is a private, non-sectarian university founded in 1925 with its main campus in Coral Gables, Florida, a medical campus in Miami city proper at Civic Center, and an oceanographic research facility on Virginia Key., the university currently enrolls 15,629 students in 12...
, USA. - Professor of History Research, Universidad Central del Ecuador
- Full Professor in Foreign Literature, Universidad Católica de Quito, Ecuador
- Cátedra Laronque Tinker, Graduate School, University of Texas, Literature and Politics in the Countries of the Grupo Andino.
- Courses and conferences at the University of Texas, University of New MexicoUniversity of New MexicoThe University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
, AlburquerqueAlburquerque-People:* Afonso de Albuquerque , a Portuguese fidalgo and naval general officer* Cássio Albuquerque dos Anjos , a Brazilian Goalkeeper* Filipe Albuquerque , a Portuguese race car driver...
and at the Universidad de Puerto Rico.
Novels
- La casa de los locos (GuayaquilGuayaquilGuayaquil , 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...
, 1929) - La señorita Ecuador (GuayaquilGuayaquilGuayaquil , 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...
, 1930) - Río arriba (1931)
- El muelle (GuayaquilGuayaquilGuayaquil , 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...
, 1933) - La Beldaca (Santiago de Chile, 1935)
- Baldomera (Santiago de Chile, 1938)
- Hechos y hazañas de don Balón de Baba y su amigo don Inocente Cruz (Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 1939) - Hombres sin tiempo (Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 1941) - Las tres ratas (Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 1944), made into the Argentine film of the same name in 1946. - La advertencia (Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 1956) - El aire y los recuerdos (Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 1959) - Los poderes omnímodos (Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 1964) - Las pequeñas estaturas (MadridMadridMadrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, 1970) - La manticora (Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
, 1974)
Essays
- Breve historia del Ecuador (1946)
- Historia del Ecuador (1954)
- La lucha por la democracia en el Ecuador (Quito, 1956)
- Thomas Mann y el nuevo humanismo (Quito, 1956)
- El Ecuador de Eloy Alfaro (1966)
- Historia de la República del Ecuador de 1830 a 1972 (Quito, 1974)
- Las Instituciones y la Administración en la Real Audiencia de Quito (Quito, 1975)
- Ecuador: de la prehistoria à la conquista española (Quito, 1978)
- Ecuador: la República de 1830 a nuestros días (Quito, 1979)
- Ensayos de Ensayos (Quito, 1981)
- Notas de un viaje a China (Quito, 1986)
Biographies
- La hoguera bárbara - Vida de Eloy Alfaro (México, 1944), a biography of Ecuadorian president Eloy AlfaroEloy AlfaroJosé Eloy Alfaro Delgado was the President of Ecuador from 1895 to 1901 and from 1906 to 1911. He became one the strongest opponents of pro-Catholic conservative President Gabriel Garcia Moreno...
. - Vida y leyenda de Miguel de Santiago (México, 1952), a biography of Ecuadorian painter Miguel de Santiago.
Alfredo Pareja is included in the following anthologies:
- El nuevo relato ecuatoriano (Quito, 1951)
- Antología básica del cuento ecuatoriano (Quito, 1998)
Articles
- Pareja Diezcanseco, Alfredo (1989), Entry: "Juan Montalvo (1832-1889)"; In Solé, Carlos A (Editor in Chief) and María Isabel Abreu (Associate Editor), Latin American Writers - Volume 1; New YorkNew York CityNew York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
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