| Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez | |
| Birth Date: | May 20, 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Santa Ana, Ecuador |
| Death Place: | Portoviejo, Ecuador |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Spouse: | Lila Peñaherrera Encalada |
| Children: | Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931-2012), Orfilia Velásquez Castro |
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez (Santa Ana, May 20, 1902 - Portoviejo, April 19, 1962) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist, and short story writer.
In 1957 he was the President of the House of Ecuadorian Culture, Manabi branch.[1]
He was the father of the Ecuadorian poet Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera (1931-2012).
In 1961 the Ecuadorian government honored him with the Educational Merit Award.
His best known novel is Un Hombre y un Río (A Man and A River) (1957).
In 1975 his son Horacio published a collection of his poems under the title "Canción de las Voces Infinitas" (Song of the Infinite Voices), but it was not a complete collection because a great number of Hidrovo Velásquez's poems were printed in numerous magazines that are difficult to find today.[2]