Luis Aguilar-Monsalve

Luis Aguilar Monsalve
Born	Luis Antonio Aguilar Monsalve (1942-10-07) 7 October 1942 Cuenca, Ecuador
Occupation	Writer and professor
Nationality	Ecuador
Citizenship	Ecuador
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Claremont Graduate University Loyola Marymount University
Literary movement	Postmodern literature Latin American literature
Notable works	Breve historia y crítica de los movimientos literarios en Hispanoamérica, En busca de sor Edwina Marie, "Breaking the Bonds of Church and State: the New Religious Freedom, Y el hombre dio su vuelta en 80 mundos...Homenaje a Julio Cortazar.
Notable awards	The Daryl R. Karns Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity

Luis Aguilar-Monsalve (born Cuenca, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian writer, critic, and professor emeritus at Hanover College.

Biography

Aguilar Monsalve received a BA from Loyola Marymount University, an MA from Claremont Graduate University, and an MA and PhD degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was professor of Latin American literature and cultures at the Hanover College since 2006 to 2016. From 2001 to 2006, he was visiting assistant professor and writer-in-residence at Wabash College; from 1995 to 2001 he was Professor of Latin American Literature at Universidad San Francisco de Quito.

Literary work

Luis Aguilar Monsalve has published nine books of short-stories since 1992. In addition, he has published one novel with Editorial Verbu.

Awards and Recognition

2013 The Daryl R. Karns Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity.

2012 Member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language.

1996 Member of Group America.

Selected works

Luis Aguilar Monsalve is included in the following anthologies:

• Literatura del Ecuador (cuatrocientos años) crítica y selecciones (2001)^[18]
• El cuento ecuatoriano 1970-2010 (2012)^[19]
• Narrativa de Azuay y Cañar (2012)^[20]
• Antología básica e historia del cuento ecuatoriano (2016)^[21]
• Cuentos migrantes (2017)^[22]

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