Juan Montalvo-Fiallos

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Birthday April 13, 1832

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Ecuador

DEATH DATE Jan 17, 1889 (56)

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About

Ecuadorian author and diplomat who was known for his strongly liberal political views. His works fall into the genre of Romanticism and include such titles as Las Catilinarias and Siete Tratados.

Before Fame

He studied law and philosophy in Quito and went on to hold diplomatic posts during the late 1850s.

Trivia

He published an 1895 sequel to Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote.

Family Life

He was the son of Jose Marcos Montalvo and Josefa Fiallos. He died of tuberculosis in France at the age of fifty-six.

Associated With

Like fellow author Juan Mera, Montalvo-Fiallos was born in Ecuador.

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