Luis Aguilar Monsalve

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Aguilar and the second or maternal family name is Monsalve.

Luis Aguilar Monsalve (born 7 October 1942) is an Ecuadorian writer, critic, and professor emeritus at Hanover College in the United States.

Luis Aguilar Monsalve
Born	(1942-10-07) 7 October 1942 (age 82) Cuenca, Ecuador
Occupation	Writer and professor
Nationality	Ecuador
Citizenship	Ecuador
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles Claremont Graduate University Loyola Marymount University
Literary movement	Postmodern literature Latin American literature
Notable works	Breve historia y crítica de los movimientos literarios en Hispanoamérica Y el hombre dio su vuelta en 80 mundos...Homenaje a Julio Cortázar En busca de sor Edwina Marie The Stitch of Silence
Notable awards	The Daryl R. Karns Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity.[1] The Fray Vicente Solano Award for Outstanding Educator and Creative Writer.

Biography

Born in Cuenca, Ecuador, Aguilar Monsalve studied extensively in the United States, where received a BA from Loyola Marymount University, an MA from Claremont Graduate University, and MA and PhD degrees in Political Science and Latin American Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles. He was a lecturer in language, culture and literature at UCLA from 1982-1995. He was also Professor of Latin American Literature, Political Science and International Relations at Universidad San Francisco de Quito from 1995 to 2001. He was visiting assistant professor and writer-in-residence, from 2001 to 2006, at Wabash College. He was also professor of Latin American literature and cultures at Hanover College from 2006 to 2016.

Literary work

Aguilar Monsalve has published nineteen books of short-stories since 1986, some of them with several editions. He has also published one novel with Editorial Verbum, two books of essays and one anthology of Ecuadorian short stories from the 21st century and one anthology of Ecuadorian flash fiction.

Awards and recognition

• 2013 The Daryl R. Karns Award for Scholarly and Creative Activity.
• 2012 Fray Vicente Solano Award for Outstanding Educator and Creative Writer
• 2012 Member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language^[2]
• 1996 Member of Group America

Selected works

Year of Publication	Literary work	Genre
2023	En el borde de lo etéreo SK Editorial ISBN 978-9942-44-439-4	Flash Fiction
2023	Bajo el vaivén de lo insólito Generis Publishing ISBN 979-8-88676-813-8	Essay
2022	Antología del cuento infantil y juvenil ecuatoriano SK Editorial ISBN 978-9942-42-458-7	Anthology
2021	Herederos de las sombras[3]	Flash Fiction
2020	Disfraz [4]	Flash Fiction
2019	Antología del Microcuento Ecuatoriano[5]	Anthology
2019	If Winter Comes[6]	Flash Fiction
2018	The Stitch of Silence[7]	Short Stories
2017	Antología bilingüe del cuento ecuatoriano de inicios del siglo XXI (Bilingual Anthology of the Ecuadorian Short Story of the Beginnings of the 21st Century)[8]	Anthology
2015	Y el hombre dio su vuelta en ochenta mundos... (Homenaje a Julio Cortázar) (1914-2014)[9]	Essay
2014	Escombros de humo (Cuentos para jóvenes)[10]	Short Stories
2013	Breve historia y crítica de los movimientos literarios en Hispanoamérica[11]	Essay
2010	Mínimo mirador: microrrelatos[12]	Flash Fiction
2009	Imágenes y otras historias[13]	Short Stories
2008	En busca de sor Edwina Marie: novela[14]	Novel
2006	La otra cara del tiempo y otros cuentos[15]	Short Stories
2005	Al otro lado de mi voz y otros cuentos[16]	Short Stories
2004	Dejen pasar al viento: cuentos[17]	Short Stories
2003	Creo que se ha dicho que vuelvo: cuentos[18]	Short Stories
2001	La otra cara del tiempo: cuentos[19]	Short Stories
2000	Breve antología del relato[20]	Short Stories
1999	El umbral del silencio: cuentos[21]	Short Stories
1995	Huellas y silencios: cuentos[22]	Short Stories
1986	A través de una rendija[23]	Short Stories
1979	Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco y su novela socio-política[24]	Essay

Luis Aguilar Monsalve is included in the following anthologies:

• Literatura del Ecuador (cuatrocientos años) crítica y selecciones (2001)^[25]
• Antología Básica e Histórica del Cuento Ecuatoriano. Quito. Décima Primera Edición Actualizada (2004).
• El cuento ecuatoriano 1970-2010 (2012)^[26]
• Narrativa de Azuay y Cañar (2012)^[27]
• Antología básica e historia del cuento ecuatoriano (2016)^[28]
• Antología bilingüe del cuento ecuatoriano de inicios del siglo XXI (2017)^[29]
• Cuentos migrantes (2017)^[30]
• Antología del Microcuento Ecuatoriano (2019) Eskeletra editorial.
• Un autor, un relato (2021) Generis Publishing. 9 781639 023226
• Antología del cuento infantil y juvenil ecuatoriano (2022) SK Editorial 978-9942-42-458-7

Books about Luis Aguilar Monsalve:

• Luis Aguilar Monsalve: Acercamiento crítico a su narrativa (2016) Quito. Editorial Ecuador.