| Rosa Borja de Ycaza | |
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| Born | Rosa Borja Febres Cordero 30 July 1889 Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Died | 22 December 1964 (aged 75) Guayaquil, Ecuador |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Notable works | Las de Judas, Nadie sabe lo que vendrá mañana |
| Spouse | Alberto Ycaza (m. 1916) |
Rosa Borja Febres-Cordero (30 July 1889 – 22 December 1964), known as Rosa Borja de Ycaza was an Ecuadorian writer, essayist, dramatist, sociologist, poet, novelist, feminist and activist. She was born and died in Guayaquil.
Biography
Rosa Borja de Ycaza was born on 30 July 1889. Her father was Dr. César Borja Lavayen, a doctor, politician, French-to-Spanish translator, and Parnasian poet who wrote "Flores tardías y joyas ajenas". Her mother was Angela Febres-Cordero Lavayen.
Career
She was the director of the "Center for Literary Studies" at the University of Guayaquil, founder and director of the magazine Nuevos Horizontes, member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language and the "Ecuadorian Cultural Institute", founder of the "Journalists Circle" of Guayas and vice president of the "Bolivarian Society" of Guayaquil.
Works
She wrote the plays Las de Judas and Nadie sabe lo que vendrá mañana
She left an unpublished novel María Rosario and a play El espíritu manda. She also authored sociological and historical essays. She wrote songs and composed music, and in 1942 the Chamber Music Association of Buenos Aires awarded her first prize for some of her compositions with which she had competed.
Social work
She founded the "Women's Legion of Popular Culture", along with other feminists like Amarilis Fuentes
Personal life
She married Alberto Ycaza in 1916 in Guayaquil.
References
- The Autobiographical Dictionary of Ecuador: ROSA BORJA DE YCAZA. Accessed 26 March 2024.
- "Evocación a los maestros Amarilis Fuentes Alcívar y Pedro Martínez" [Evocation to the teachers Amarilis Fuentes Alcívar and Pedro Martínez]. El Universo (in Spanish). Guayaquil, Ecuador. 30 January 2005. Archived from the original on 6 November 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- 1889 births
- 1964 deaths
- Ecuadorian novelists
- 20th-century Ecuadorian poets
- Writers from Guayaquil
- Ecuadorian classical composers
- Ecuadorian essayists
- Ecuadorian dramatists and playwrights
- Ecuadorian women novelists
- Ecuadorian women poets
- Ecuadorian women essayists
- Ecuadorian women dramatists and playwrights
- Ecuadorian women composers
- Women classical composers
- House of Borgia
- 20th-century Ecuadorian women writers
- 20th-century Ecuadorian writers
- 20th-century novelists
- 20th-century dramatists and playwrights
- 20th-century classical composers
- 20th-century essayists
- 20th-century women composers