José Martínez Queirolo (March 22, 1931 – October 8, 2008) was an

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playwright and narrator. He was the 2001 recipient of the

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in Literature, awarded to him by President Gustavo Noboa. Martínez Queirolo, known by friends as "Pipo", was born and died in the city of

Guayaquil Guayaquil (), officially Santiago de Guayaquil, is the largest city in Ecuador and also the nation's economic capital and main port. The city is the capital (political), capital of Guayas Province and the seat of Guayaquil Canton. The city is ...

, of cancer on October 8, 2008.

Works

* La casa del qué dirán. * Goteras * QEPD * El poema de Caín * Cuestión de vida o muerte. * La torre de marfil. * Los unos versus los otros (1968) * La conquista no ha terminado todavía (1983) * Puerto lejos del mar * Las faltas justificadas * El baratillo de la sinceridad * Réquiem por la lluvia (Brillante demostración del uso del monólogo)(1962) * Montesco y su señora * La balada de la Cárcel de Reading * Diloconamor * Y el pesebre nació * La Esquina. * La Dama meona (1976) * Futurama * Los Sánchez (versión latina y futura inspiración para Los Simpson)

References

1931 births 2008 deaths Ecuadorian male dramatists and playwrights Writers from Guayaquil Deaths from cancer in Ecuador 20th-century dramatists and playwrights {{Ecuador-writer-stub