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Jorge Icaza Coronel

Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906 1978) is a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel Huasipungo, which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's Native Americans by Ecuadorian and North American "whites".

Career

Playwright

Jorge Icazas literary career began as a playwright. His plays include El Intruso in 1928, La Comedia sin Nombre in 1929, Cual es in 1931, Sin Sentido in 1932, and Flagelo, which was published in 1936. After his 1933 playscript, El Dictador, was censured, Icaza turned his attention to writing novels about the social conditions in Ecuador, particularly the oppression suffered by its indeginous people.

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