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Abdón Ubidia, (born 1944), novelist •
Adalberto Ortiz (1914–2003), novelist, poet and diplomat •
Agustin Cueva (1937–1992), literary critic and sociologist •
Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (1915–1992), poet, novelist and journalist •
Alfonso Rumazo González (1903–2002), historian, essayist and literary critic •
Alfredo Gangotena – poet who wrote in French and Spanish •
Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (1908–1993), novelist, essayist, journalist, historian •
Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 1928), poet, novelist and journalist •
Ángel Felicísimo Rojas (1909–2003), novelist, and poet •
Arturo Borja (1892–1912), poet •
Aurelio Espinosa Pólit (1894–1961), poet, translator •
Benjamín Carrión Mora (1897–1979), writer •
Benjamín Urrutia (born 1950), author and scholar •
Carlos Altamirano Sánchez – poet and journalist •
Carlos Eduardo Jaramillo Castillo – poet •
Carmen Acevedo Vega – poet and writer •
Dolores Veintimilla (1829–1857), poet •
Edmundo Ribadeneira Meneses (1920–2004), writer and university professor •
Eduardo Varas – novelist and journalist •
Efraín Jara Idrovo – poet and writer •
Enrique Gil Gilbert (1912–1973), novelist, journalist, poet •
Ernesto Noboa y Caamaño – poet •
Eugenio Espejo (1747–1795), writer and lawyer •
Euler Granda (1935–2018), poet, novelist •
Fanny Carrión de Fierro – poet, essayist and professor •
Filoteo Samaniego – novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat •
Francisco Tobar Garcia – poet, novelist, and playwright •
Gabriel Cevallos García – writer and historian •
Galo René Pérez – biographer, poet, and essayist •
Horacio Hidrovo Peñaherrera – poet and writer •
Horacio Hidrovo Velásquez – poet, novelist and short story writer •
Hugo Mayo (1895–1988), poet •
Humberto Fierro – poet •
Isacovici Salomon (1924–1998), writer •
Iván Carvajal (born 1948), poet, philosopher, writer •
Jaime Galarza Zavala – poet, journalist and politician •
Jenny Estrada – Writer and journalist •
Joaquín Gallegos Lara – novelist and short story writer •
Jorge Carrera Andrade – poet •
Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906–1978), novelist •
Jorge Luis Cáceres (born 1982), editor, anthologist •
Jorge Núñez Sánchez (1947–2020), writer, historian and professor •
Jorge Pérez Concha (1908–1995), historian, biographer, writer and diplomat •
José de la Cuadra – novelist and short story writer •
José Joaquín de Olmedo – poet •
José Martínez Queirolo – playwright •
Fray José María Vargas O.P. (1902–1988), writer and historian •
José Rumazo González – poet •
Juan Bautista Aguirre y Carbo (1725–1786), poet •
Juan Larrea Holguín (1927–2006), writer and lawyer •
Juan León Mera (1832–1894), essayist, novelist, politician •
Juan Manuel Rodríguez (born 1945), professor and author •
Juan Montalvo (1832–1889), author and essayist •
Julio Pazos Barrera (born 1944), poet •
Karina Galvez (born 1964), poet •
Luis Alberto Costales – poet, philosopher, writer, professor and politician •
Luis Enrique Fierro (born 1936), poet and medical doctor •
Medardo Ángel Silva – poet •
Miguel Donoso Pareja – poet, novelist, and short-story writer •
Nela Martínez (1912–2004), activist, and writer •
Nelson Estupiñán Bass (1912–2002), poet •
Nicolás Kingman Riofrío – journalist, writer and politician •
Numa Pompilio Llona (1832–1907), poet, journalist, educator, diplomat, and philosopher •
Octavio Cordero Palacios – playwright, poet, mathematician, lawyer, professor and inventor •
Pedro Jorge Vera (1914–1999), writer and politician •
Rafael Díaz Ycaza – poet, novelist, and short story writer •
Raquel Verdesoto – poet, biographer, teacher, feminist activist •
Raúl Andrade Moscoso (1905–1983), journalist and playwright •
Rodolfo Pérez Pimentel (born 1939), biographer •
Sonia Manzano Vela (born 1947), writer and pianist •
Ulises Estrella (1939–2014), poet, film expert •
Víctor Manuel Rendón (1859–1940), poet, novelist, playwright, biographer, translator ==Ecuatorial Guinea==