Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez
BornMay 20, 1902
Santa Ana, Ecuador
DiedApril 19, 1962 (1962-04-20) (aged 59)
Portoviejo, Ecuador
OccupationWriter
NationalityEcuadorian
SpouseLila Peñaherrera Encalada
ChildrenHoracio 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]

Works

  • “Libro Prematuro” (1920)
  • “Cause"
  • “Jinetes en la Noche” (1948)
  • “Dimensión del Dolor” (1951)
  • “Pecado de Agua Clara”
  • “Un Hombre y un Río” (1957)
  • "La mujer que nació así" (1927)

References

  1. "Enciclopedia del Ecuador - HIDROVO VELASQUEZ, Horacio". Archived from the original on 2014-07-25. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. Complete Spanish biography of Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez by Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel


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