Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906 - 1978) is a writer from Ecuador. Jorge Icaza is well known for his novel Huasipungo, which threw light upon the exploitation of Ecuador's Native Americans by Ecuadorian and North American "whites". Jorge Icaza Coronel achieved international fame with the publication of Huasipungo in 1934, . The book became a well-known indigenous novel. It is about a movement in Latin American literature that introduced Magical Realism and highlighted brutal realism. Fragments of the book first appeared in English translation in Russia, where it was cordially received by Russia's peasant socialist class. Jorge Icaza was later appointed Ecuador's ambassador to Russia.
THE PLAYWRIGHT JORGE ICAZA
Jorge Icaza's literary career began as a playwright. His plays are as follows:
- El Intruso in 1928,
- La Comedia sin Nombre in 1929,
- Sin Sentido in 1932,
- Flagelo, which was published in 1936.
JORGE ICAZA'S OTHER CREATIONS INCLUDE:
- En las calles in 1936, Cholos in 1938,
- Media vida deslumbrados in 1942,
- Atrapados, which was published in 1973.
Although the latter two books are recognized as Jorge Icaza's greatest literary achievements by experts Huasipungo rules to be Icaza's most popular book and has been translated to over 40 languages.
Jorge Icaza and Huasipungo are often compared to John Steinbeck and his Grapes of Wrath from 1939, as both are works of social objection. Icaza became internationally popular based upon his publications and was called to many colleges in the United States to give lectures on the problems of Native Americans in Ecuador.
