Simón Corral
Ecuadorian poet and playwright
Simón Corral (Quito, January 5, 1946) is an Ecuadorian poet and dramatist.
He studied sociology at the Central University of Ecuador, and was the president of the Federation of University Students of Ecuador. He was later a professor at the Central University of Ecuador.
He took part in the Tsantzismo movement of the 1960s, Ecuador.
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