Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Enciclopedia del Ecuador - HIDROVO VELASQUEZ, Horacio . 2013-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140725200817/http://enciclopediadelecuador.com/temasOpt.php?Ind=1033&Let= . 2014-07-25 . dead .
  2. Web site: Complete Spanish biography of Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez by Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel . 2013-10-30 . 2013-11-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131101013446/http://www.diccionariobiograficoecuador.com/tomos/tomo13/h2.htm . dead .