Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco

Ecuadorian writer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 12-Oct-1908

Place of Birth: Guayaquil, Guayas Province, Ecuador

Date of Death: 01-May-1993

Profession: writer, diplomat, historian, journalist

Nationality: Ecuador

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco (October 12, 1908 — May 1, 1993) — born Alfredo Pareja y Díez Canseco — was a prominent Ecuadorian novelist, essayist, journalist, historian and diplomat.
An innovator of the 20th-century Latin American novel, he was a founding member of the literary Grupo de Guayaquil ("Group of Guayaquil").
The government of President Jaime Roldós Aguilera (1979–81) appointed him Chancellor of the Republic and he served as Foreign Minister of Ecuador (1979–80) and Ambassador to France (1983–84).