# Luis Aguilar Monsalve

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

## 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
* 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 | Flash Fiction |
| 2020 | Disfraz | Flash Fiction |
| 2019 | Antología del Microcuento Ecuatoriano | Anthology |
| 2019 | If Winter Comes | Flash Fiction |
| 2018 | The Stitch of Silence | 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) | Anthology |
| 2015 | Y el hombre dio su vuelta en ochenta mundos... (Homenaje a Julio Cortázar) (1914-2014) | Essay |
| 2014 | Escombros de humo (Cuentos para jóvenes) | Short Stories |
| 2013 | Breve historia y crítica de los movimientos literarios en Hispanoamérica | Essay |
| 2010 | Mínimo mirador: microrrelatos | Flash Fiction |
| 2009 | Imágenes y otras historias | Short Stories |
| 2008 | En busca de sor Edwina Marie: novela | Novel |
| 2006 | La otra cara del tiempo y otros cuentos | Short Stories |
| 2005 | Al otro lado de mi voz y otros cuentos | Short Stories |
| 2004 | Dejen pasar al viento: cuentos | Short Stories |
| 2003 | Creo que se ha dicho que vuelvo: cuentos | Short Stories |
| 2001 | La otra cara del tiempo: cuentos | Short Stories |
| 2000 | Breve antología del relato | Short Stories |
| 1999 | El umbral del silencio: cuentos | Short Stories |
| 1995 | Huellas y silencios: cuentos | Short Stories |
| 1986 | A través de una rendija | Short Stories |
| 1979 | Alfredo Pareja Diezcanseco y su novela socio-política | Essay |
Luis Aguilar Monsalve is included in the following anthologies:
* Literatura del Ecuador (cuatrocientos años) crítica y selecciones (2001)
* Antología Básica e Histórica del Cuento Ecuatoriano. Quito. Décima Primera Edición Actualizada (2004).
* El cuento ecuatoriano 1970-2010 (2012)
* Narrativa de Azuay y Cañar (2012)
* Antología básica e historia del cuento ecuatoriano (2016)
* Antología bilingüe del cuento ecuatoriano de inicios del siglo XXI (2017)
* Cuentos migrantes (2017)
* 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.