Luis Costales

Who is Luis Costales?

Luis Alberto Costales Cazar 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: Bucólicas 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 greatest 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 Buendía, Rodrigo Borja, Fidel Jaramillo Terán, Efrén Cocíos 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.