Cecilia Ansaldo
{{Short description|Ecuadorian professor, essayist, and literary critic}}
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| birth_place = Guayaquil, Ecuador
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| occupation = Professor, writer, critic
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- Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil
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Cecilia Ansaldo Briones (born 1949) is an Ecuadorian professor, essayist, and literary critic.
Biography
Cecilia Ansaldo was born in Guayaquil in 1949.{{Cite news |url=https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/ceciliaansaldo-ecuador-critica-literaria-entrevista.html |title=Cecilia Ansaldo: 'En el Ecuador, la crítica literaria debería dejar de estar solo en la academia' |trans-title=Cecilia Ansaldo: 'In Ecuador, Literary Criticism Should Stop Being Solely at the Academy' |first=Alexander |last=García |work=El Comercio |language=Spanish |date=2015-03-08 |access-date=2019-07-22}} She completed her secondary studies at the Dolores Baquerizo school, and higher education at the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, where she obtained a licentiate in educational sciences.
During her teaching career she has worked at the Santo Domingo de Guzmán school, the German School of Guayaquil, the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, and the Mónica Herrera School, among others. She was also dean of the Universidad Católica's faculty of philosophy and letters and rector of the German School.{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/guayaquil/2018/01/25/nota/6582949/homenaje-dos-educadoras |title=Universidad Católica rindió homenaje a educadoras Cecilia Vera y Cecilia Ansaldo |trans-title=Universidad Católica Pays Tribute to Educators Cecilia Vera and Cecilia Ansaldo |first=Ronald |last=Cedeño |work=El Universo |language=Spanish |date=2018-01-25 |access-date=2019-07-22}}
She is currently a professor at the Universidad Católica and {{ill|Universidad Casa Grande|es}}. In 2015 she became a member of the Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/vida-estilo/2015/03/04/nota/4616896/cecilia-ansaldo-esta-hoy-academia-ecuatoriana-lengua |title=Cecilia Ansaldo está desde hoy en la Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua |trans-title=As of Today, Cecilia Ansaldo is in the Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua |first=José |last=Alvarado |work=El Universo |language=Spanish |date=2015-03-04 |access-date=2019-07-22}} a correspondent organization of the Royal Spanish Academy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.academiaecuatorianadelalengua.org/sra-d-a-cecilia-ansaldo-briones/ |title=Sra. D.ª Cecilia Ansaldo Briones |publisher=Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua |language=Spanish |access-date=2019-07-22}} She is an opinion columnist in the newspaper El Universo, a member of the Mujeres del Ático group, and a founding member of the Open Book Station Cultural Center. She has chaired the {{ill|Guayaquil International Book Fair|es|Feria Internacional del Libro de Guayaquil}}'s content committee since 2015.{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2010/04/23/1/1380/cecilias-libros.html |title=Las Cecilias de los libros |trans-title=The Cecilias of the Books |work=El Universo |language=Spanish |date=2010-04-23 |access-date=2019-07-22}}
Awards and recognitions
- Medal of Merit from the Mayor of Guayaquil, 2008
- Medal of Merit from the Philanthropic Society of Guayas, 2012{{Cite news |url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2012/11/20/1/1445/filantropica-cumple-163-anos.html |title=La Filantrópica cumple 163 años |trans-title=The Philanthropic Turns 163 |work=El Universo |language=Spanish |date=2012-11-20 |access-date=2019-07-22}}
- Career Tribute from the Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, 2018
Publications
=Essays=
- "El cuento ecuatoriano de los últimos 30 años" in La literatura ecuatoriana en los últimos 30 años 1950–1980 (1983), El Conejo: Quito
- "Dos décadas de cuento ecuatoriano 1970–1990" in La literatura ecuatoriana de las dos últimas décadas 1970–1990 (1993), University of Cuenca
- "Una mirada 'otra' a ciertos personajes femeninos de la narrativa ecuatoriana" in Memorias del V encuentro de literatura ecuatoriana (1995), University of Cuenca
=Anthologies=
- Cuento contigo: antología del cuento ecuatoriano (1993), Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil, Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar
- Las mujeres del ático tienen la palabra (1994)
- Cuentos de Guayaquil: antología (2011), Municipality of Guayaquil, {{ISBN|9789942036650}}
- Antología del cuento ecuatoriano (2012), with Elisa Ayala González, Municipality of Guayaquil, {{ISBN|9789942036650}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.eluniverso.com/columnista/cecilia-ansaldo-briones Cecilia Ansaldo Briones] at El Universo
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Category:Women literary critics
Category:Ecuadorian women essayists
Category:People from Guayaquil
Category:Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil alumni
Category:Academic staff of Universidad Católica de Santiago de Guayaquil