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José Trajano Mera Iturralde (1862 in Ambato – 1919 in Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright and diplomat from a literary family with a cultural lineage. His father was the writer Juan León Mera who wrote Ecuador's first novel Cumanda and the text of the Ecuadorian National Anthem.

He earned a degree in jurisprudence from the Central University of Ecuador. He died in Guayaquil in 1919 while holding the position of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.

Works

• Cónsules y Consulados (1910; Consuls and Consulates)
• Los virtuosos (1917; The Virtuous)
• La visita del poeta (The Poet's Visit)
• Paz en la guerra (1911; War in Peace)
• Sonetos y Sonetillos (1909; Sonnets and Little Sonnets)
• El reino de Bélgica: su comercio é industria (1909; The Belgium Kingdom: its commerce and industry)

References

1. Eladio Cortés; Mirta Barrea-Marlys, eds. (2003). "José Trajano Mera". Encyclopedia of Latin American Theater. p. 264.
2. "Sonetos y Sonetillos, una obra al alcance de su biblioteca particular". La Hora (in Spanish). 5 November 2009. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017.

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