Podría considerarse a José de la Cuadra como el mejor exponente del realismo mágico del Ecuador y el primero de Latinoamérica, en especial por sus obras sobre la temática montubia, es decir la relativa a la vida del campesino costeño, muy distinta a la del indígena serrano. La mejor obra que expone ello es "Los Sangurimas", obra en la que relata la vida de una familia costeña, cuya existencia gira alrededor de su patriarca Nicasio Sangurima, hombre centenario, rodeado de misterio, del que se cuentan terribles y demoniacas leyendas, cada una más sangrienta que la anterior.
Son notables también muchos de sus cuentos, como Guasinton, la Tigra, Chichería, el Fin de la Teresita, etc. Resalta entre ellos la oda a la vida y captura del lagarto Guas
Joaquín Gallegos Lara was born in Guayaquil in 1909, the son of Emma Lara Calderon and Joaquín Gallegos Del Campo (1873-1910) who founded a newspaper called "El Caustico" in 1895, which was satirical in nature and pro-Eloy Alfaro. Besides being a journalist, his father also wrote poems, which his wife Emma published after his death in a book called Mis Recuerdos (1912), which contained two poems dedicated to his son Joaquín Gallegos Lara: "A mi primogenito" and "El primer diente".
Despite being crippled, Lara fought as a militant communist and intellectual in Ecuador. He participated in street battles and blockades, with the help of a friend who carried him on his shoulders and acted as his legs. He never attended school and was completely s
