Cecilia Ansaldo Briones (born 1949) is an Ecuadorian professor, essayist, and literary critic.

Biography

Cecilia Ansaldo was born in Guayaquil in 1949. She completed her secondary studies at the Dolores Baquerizo school, and higher education at the

Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, UCSG, is a private, catholic, higher education center, along with Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador in Ecuador. History UCSG was created on May 17, 1962, at the request of the board of C ...

, where she obtained a licentiate in

educational sciences Education sciences or education theory (traditionally often called ''pedagogy'') seek to describe, understand, and prescribe education policy and practice. Education sciences include many topics, such as pedagogy, andragogy, curriculum, learning, ...

. During her teaching career she has worked at the Santo Domingo de Guzmán school, the

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, the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, and the Mónica Herrera School, among others. She was also dean of the Universidad Católica's faculty of philosophy and letters and rector of the German School. She is currently a professor at the Universidad Católica and . In 2015 she became a member of the Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua a correspondent organization of the

Royal Spanish Academy The Royal Spanish Academy ( es, Real Academia Española, generally abbreviated as RAE) is Spain's official royal institution with a mission to ensure the stability of the Spanish language. It is based in Madrid, Spain, and is affiliated with ...

. She is an opinion columnist in the newspaper '' El Universo'', a member of the Mujeres del Ático group, and a founding member of the Open Book Station Cultural Center. She has chaired the 's content committee since 2015.

Awards and recognitions

* Medal of Merit from the Mayor of Guayaquil, 2008 * Medal of Merit from the Philanthropic Society of Guayas, 2012 * Career Tribute from the

, 2018

Publications

Essays

* "El cuento ecuatoriano de los últimos 30 años" in ''La literatura ecuatoriana en los últimos 30 años 1950–1980'' (1983), El Conejo: Quito * "Dos décadas de cuento ecuatoriano 1970–1990" in ''La literatura ecuatoriana de las dos últimas décadas 1970–1990'' (1993),

University of Cuenca The University of Cuenca (Spanish: ''Universidad de Cuenca'') is an Ecuadorian university located in Cuenca. University of Cuenca is the principal university of Azuay Province. The university was officially founded in 1867, being the first unive ...

* "Una mirada 'otra' a ciertos personajes femeninos de la narrativa ecuatoriana" in ''Memorias del V encuentro de literatura ecuatoriana'' (1995), University of Cuenca

Anthologies

* ''Cuento contigo: antología del cuento ecuatoriano'' (1993),

, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar * ''Las mujeres del ático tienen la palabra'' (1994) * ''Cuentos de Guayaquil: antología'' (2011), Municipality of Guayaquil, * ''Antología del cuento ecuatoriano'' (2012), with Elisa Ayala González, Municipality of Guayaquil,

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Cecilia Ansaldo Briones
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