Alicia Yánez Cossío
Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist
Alicia Yánez Cossío (born 10 September 1928) is a Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. She is one of the leading figures in Ecuadorian literature. In 1996, she became the first Ecuadorian to win the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize. In 2008, she was awarded Ecuador's highest literary prize, Premio Eugenio Espejo, in 2008.
Yánez Cossío was born in Quito. She was married to Cuban-born Luis Campos Martínez. The couple had five children.[1]
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- ↑ "Alicia Yáñez Cossío". Ecuador Fiction. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
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