Given the question: Jorge Icaza Coronel (June 10 1906 - May 26 1978) 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. Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
The answer is:
Artist