Demetrio Aguilera Malta
Demetrio Aguilera Malta (Guayaquil, May 24, 1909 – México D.F., December 29, 1981) was an Ecuadorian writer, director, painter, and diplomat. He was a member of the Guayaquil Group of the 1930s, who used social realism in their writings. He used magical realism in his masterpiece Siete lunas y siete serpientes (1970), which was translated into English as Seven Serpents and Seven Moons by Gregory Rabassa in 1979.
Demetrio Aguilera Malta | |
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| Born | May 24, 1909 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Died | 29 December 1981 (aged 72) Mexico City, Mexico |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Genre | Social Realism, Magical Realism |
| Notable works | Seven Serpents and Seven Moons |
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