TY - GEN
T1 - Ecuadorian Literature
T2 - Three Crucial Moments to Understand It Today
AU - Medina Cordova, Luis
PY - 2022/11/22
Y1 - 2022/11/22
N2 - Ecuadorian literature is among the most exciting Latin American writing today. Authors like Mónica Ojeda (Guayaquil, 1988), María Fernanda Ampuero (Guayaquil, 1976) and Gabriela Alemán (1968) are winning and being shortlisted for international prizes, and their works are slowly but steadily hitting the shelves of libraries across the UK, the US and Europe. Because Ecuadorian literature has historically lagged behind other Latin American literatures in terms of recognition, translation and international circulation, readers unfamiliar with Ecuador’s literary production may ask: Where is it coming from? What is it about? Who are the key authors we should read? My new book, Imagining Ecuador, answers these and other questions, and will help readers familiarise themselves with a rich literary tradition that has been flying under the radar of most Anglophone readers for too long.
AB - Ecuadorian literature is among the most exciting Latin American writing today. Authors like Mónica Ojeda (Guayaquil, 1988), María Fernanda Ampuero (Guayaquil, 1976) and Gabriela Alemán (1968) are winning and being shortlisted for international prizes, and their works are slowly but steadily hitting the shelves of libraries across the UK, the US and Europe. Because Ecuadorian literature has historically lagged behind other Latin American literatures in terms of recognition, translation and international circulation, readers unfamiliar with Ecuador’s literary production may ask: Where is it coming from? What is it about? Who are the key authors we should read? My new book, Imagining Ecuador, answers these and other questions, and will help readers familiarise themselves with a rich literary tradition that has been flying under the radar of most Anglophone readers for too long.
M3 - Other contribution
T3 - Proofed
PB - Boydell & Brewer
ER -