José Martínez Queirolo
Ecuadorian playwright (1931-2008)

José Martínez Queirolo (March 22, 1931 – October 8, 2008) was an Ecuadorian playwright and narrator. He was the 2001 recipient of the Premio Eugenio Espejo in Literature, awarded to him by President Gustavo Noboa.
Martínez Queirolo, known by friends as "Pipo", was born and died in the city of Guayaquil, of cancer on October 8, 2008.
Works
La casa del qué dirán.
Goteras
QEPD
El poema de Caín
Cuestión de vida o muerte.
La torre de marfil.
Los unos versus los otros (1968)
La conquista no ha terminado todavía (1983)
Puerto lejos del mar
Las faltas justificadas
El baratillo de la sinceridad
Réquiem por la lluvia (Brillante demostración del uso del monólogo)(1962)
Montesco y su señora
La balada de la Cárcel de Reading
Diloconamor
Y el pesebre nació
La Esquina.
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