José de la Cuadra

José de la Cuadra (September 3, 1903 - February 27, 1941) was an Ecuadorian social realist writer, whose short stories are among the most important in Ecuadorian literature. De la Cuadra was born in Guayaquil on September 3, 1903. His father was Vicente de la Cuadra y Vayas and his mother was Ana Victoria Vargas y Jiménez. He had an LL.D. from the University of Guayaquil and worked as a diplomat in Argentina and Uruguay. De la Cuadra was part …