WRITER

Jorge Icaza Coronel

1906 - 1978

Photo of Jorge Icaza Coronel

Icon of person Jorge Icaza Coronel

Jorge Icaza Coronel (July 10, 1906 – May 26, 1978), commonly referred to as Jorge Icaza, was a writer from Ecuador, best known for his novel Huasipungo, which brought attention to the exploitation of Ecuador's indigenous people by Ecuadorian whites. He was born in Quito in 1906 and died of cancer in the same city in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Icaza Coronel is the 5,611th most popular writer (down from 5,393rd in 2019), the 52nd most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 41st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Ecuadorean Writer.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Jorge Icaza Coronel by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 5,611 out of 7,302. Before him are José Gil Fortoul, Lőrinc Szabó, Riccardo Bacchelli, Mari Jungstedt, Keri Hulme, and Ivan Dmitriev. After him are Muthuswami Dikshitar, Irawati Karve, Ludwig Ganghofer, Willem Hubert van Blijenburgh, Hendrik Marsman, and Nirmal Verma.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 357. Before him are Grigore Moisil, Bruce Bennett, Andrei Abrikosov, Diana Wynyard, Richard Rado, and Klaus Egge. After him are Snorri Hjartarson, Cai Chusheng, Gerardo Romero, Richard Lawrence, Ernst Krebs, and Richard Llewellyn. Among people deceased in 1978, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 220. Before him are Chill Wills, Nagamichi Kuroda, Oliver Leese, Jan Parandowski, Maja Berezowska, and Gregor Wentzel. After him are Matti Lähde, Maggie McNamara, Blossom Rock, Theo Helfrich, Jorge de Sena, and Geoffrey Unsworth.

Others Born in 1906

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1978

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 52 out of 147. Before him are Carlos Julio Arosemena Monroy (1919), Antonio José González Zumárraga (1925), Antonio Flores Jijón (1833), Camilo Ponce Enríquez (1912), Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola (1888), and Luis Cordero Crespo (1833). After him are Ignacio de Veintemilla (1828), Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (1912), Otto Arosemena (1925), Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926), José Luis Tamayo (1858), and Mike Judge (1962).

Others born in Ecuador

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Ecuador

Among writers born in Ecuador, Jorge Icaza Coronel ranks 3. Before him are Juan Montalvo (1832), and Eugenio Espejo (1747). After him are Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926).

Ecuadorean born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous