Juan Manuel Rodriguez (writer)
Juan Manuel Rodríguez López is a Spanish-born, naturalized Ecuadorian author and professor. He holds a licenciate/BA degree in philosophy and a doctorate in literature from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. He was a professor at Universidad Central del Ecuador and Universidad Católica, as well as a founding professor of Universidad San Francisco de Quito, where he was Dean of the College of Communication and Contemporary Arts.
He has published novels and short-story collections in Ecuador, Spain and Mexico, as well as various academic and reference books, including essays and literary criticism. He has also been a columnist and editorial writer for the newspaper La Hora and the magazine Chasqui.Published works
Fiction
Short stories
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Awards
- Second prize, Gabriel Miró International Short Story Contest, for the short story 'Levedad del vino', 1986.
- Finalist,'Novedades y Diana' International Literary Prize, with the novel El espantapájaros, 1988.
- Ecuador's National Prize for Literature 'Aurelio Espinosa Pólit' for the short-story collection Fricciones, 1990.
- Second Prize for Art and Literature, Universidad Central del Ecuador, for the novel El espantapájaros, 1991.
- Finalist,'Planeta/Joaquín Mortiz' Award, with the novel La derrota, 1992.
- First Prize for Art and Literature, Universidad Central del Ecuador, for the short-story collection El Mar y la Muralla, 1992.
- Third Prize, IV Biennal Ecuadorian Novel Contest, for the work El pulso de la nada, 1996.
- Doctorado Honoris Causa en Artes de la Universidad San Francisco de Quito, 1998.
