Filoteo Samaniego | |
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| Born | Filoteo Samaniego Salazar July 11, 1928 Quito, Ecuador |
| Died | February 21, 2013 (aged 84) Quito, Ecuador |
| Occupation | Novelist, Poet, Diplomat, Translator |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Notable awards | Premio Eugenio Espejo (2001) |
Filoteo Samaniego Salazar (July 11, 1928 - February 21, 2013)[1] was an Ecuadorian novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat. He became a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language in 1984, and was its secretary from 1996–2006.[2] He was awarded Ecuador's most prestigious prize, the Premio Eugenio Espejo, in 2001.[3] Samaniego's diplomatic career began in 1949 as the chief of staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador. He served as Ecuador's Ambassador to Austria, Germany, Romania and Egypt; and was a permanent representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI); and held many other academic, national, and international posts in his lifetime.[4] He translated books from French to Spanish,[5] including the Spanish translation of Chronique (1960) (trans. Crónica, 1961) by the French Nobel laureate Saint-John Perse.[6]
