Jaime Galarza Zavala

{{Short description|Ecuadorian writer and politician (1930–2023)}}

Jaime Galarza Zavala (28 July 1930{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z3-HAAAAMAAJ&q=Jaime+Galarza+Zavala+28+de+julio+de+1930|title=Política y sociedad, Ecuador, 1830-1980|first1=Luis Mora|last1=Ortega|first2=Enrique Ayala|last2=Mora|first3=Francisco Ávila|last3=Paredes|date=17 August 1980|publisher=Corporación Editora Nacional|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/entretenimiento/cultura/adios-a-jaime-galarza-zavala-escritor-revolucionario-y-el-primer-ministro-de-ambiente-que-tuvo-el-pais-nota/|title=Adiós a Jaime Galarza Zavala, escritor revolucionario y el primer ministro de Ambiente que tuvo el país|date=21 July 2023|website=El Universo}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/fallecio-escritor-jaime-galarza-zavala-167467.html|title=Falleció el escritor Jaime Galarza Zavala|website=www.expreso.ec}} – 20 July 2023) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, journalist and politician.

Life and career

Jaime Galarza Zavala was born in Cuenca on 28 July 1930. He published over 20 books, including books of poetry and the following non-fiction books: El yugo feudal, El festín del petróleo, Piratas del golfo, Los Campesinos de Loja y Zamora, Petróleo de nuestra muerte, Quienes mataron a Roldós.[http://www.cncultura.gob.ec/index.php/premio-eugenio-espejo/ganadores-biografias Winners of the Eugenio Espejo Prize with Spanish biographies] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029193137/http://www.cncultura.gob.ec/index.php/premio-eugenio-espejo/ganadores-biografias |date=29 October 2013 }}

Zavala was Ecuador's first person to hold a Cabinet post as Minister of the Environment.

In 2007, he was awarded the Ecuadorian national prize Premio Eugenio Espejo by the President of Ecuador.

Galarza Zavala died from lung disease in Quito, on 20 July 2023, at the age of 92.{{Cite web|url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/sociedad/muere-jaime-galarza-zavala-escritor-ministro/|title=Muere Jaime Galarza, escritor y primer ministro de Ambiente|date=20 July 2023 }}