Luis Alberto Costales, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Ecuadorian politician and poet
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Place of Birth: Riobamba, Chimborazo Province, Ecuador
About Luis Alberto Costales
- Luis Alberto Costales Cazar (Riobamba, December 24, 1926 – Riobamba, February 1, 2006) was an Ecuadorian poet, philosopher, teacher, speaker, historian, farmer and politician. He was a poet and writer who also extensively studied the history of his native city.
- His poetry, lyric and epic, often adhered to classical rhythm, metre and rhyme.
- He was an idealist philosopher, whose philosophy was based on firm moral principles projected beyond time and space.Among his works are: BucĂłlicas y Una Vida Simple; Sobre el Pomo de la Tierra, Exiliado en el verso and Rutas de Sombra y de Sol] He is considered one of the figures never to have been awarded the Eugenio Espejo Prize.He was co-founder of the Democratic Left Party, being a member of the First National Executive Council, which also comprised Alfredo BuendĂa, Rodrigo Borja, Fidel Jaramillo Terán, EfrĂ©n CocĂos and others. Luis Alberto Costales was viewed as especially important in respect of his vocation for bringing up youth with high human and civic values.
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