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| birthdate = 24 December 1926 |
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| birthplace = [[Riobamba]], [[Ecuador]] |
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Revision as of 01:28, 1 July 2011
Luis Alberto Costales | |
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| "Defeats death and oblivion with the blue veil of poetry..." "Defeats death and oblivion with the blue veil of poetry..." | |
| Occupation | political, poet, writer |
| Literary movement | romanticism |
| Notable awards | First Prize Modern Art Quito 1993 |
| Spouse | Violeta Terán Moncayo |
| Children | Luis Eduardo María del Pilar Carlos Rodrigo Nanci Susana Lucía Elena Lourdes Jacqueline |
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Luis Alberto Costales Cazar (Riobamba, December 24, 1926 - Riobamba, February 1, 2006) was a poet, writer, philosopher, teacher, speaker and Ecuadorian politician. In Spanish, he was an ecuatoriano.
He was a poet determined to live to love his city, a creator of a conjugated lyrical landscape epic. He used an extensive vocabulary, was eloquent and used a wide range of literary styles. He was a lover of the classics, many of his compositions are subject to the measure, to rhyme and rhythm. He was a fan also of Romanticism. In subsequent stages his work seeks freedom, more emphasis on inspiration, and defends the feeling, imagination, idealism, patriotism.
Among his works are: "Bucólicas y Una Vida Simple"; "Cuadernos Culturales"; "Letras del Ateneo del Chimborazo"; “Sobre el Pomo de la Tierra” y “Exiliado en el verso”.
Co-founder of Democratic Left being a member of the First National Executive Council, which was composed by Alfredo Buendia, Rodrigo Borja Teran Fidel Jaramillo, Efren Cocíos and others.
From Riobamba, for the development of society, Dr. Luis Alberto Costales Cazar is one of the most important examples, especially in his calling for the formation of youth with high human values and civic values.
Biography
Early
Luis was the descendant of patriots and idealist fighters, son of Don Luis Costales Arsecio Cevallos and Dona Esther Cazar Lucia Chavez. By 1927, occurs in Riobamba a happy event that will mark the first childhood takes place the solemn inauguration of the Monument Pedro Vicente Maldonado, a character much admired, remembered and sung many times by him.
His childhood and youth were spent sandwiched between farms that were owned by his parents: Maguazo, LANL, Ocpote, La Quinta Florida and San Pablo. Of all these emotions stored in your heart effervescent pleasant family moments: intimate gatherings in the light of candles, which privileged the voice of his father's stories with historical anecdotes, sometimes and other classic novels and short stories.
Once, when passing a horse for a nearby church, first hears the tolling of a bell, and his age, he thought it was a divine manifestation, so he decides to write his first poem. That sound, most joyous, etched forever in his soul.
In 1932 he made his first year of study at the Simon Bolivar School of Riobamba.
For the second year of study he joined the St. Thomas the Apostle School Riobamba (STAR), managed by the Salesian Fathers, which retain the message of the charisma of Don Bosco, and painting classes taught by the priest José Italian Ferraris.
Their secondary education at the College are made by San Felipe Neri in the same city, run by the Jesuits, this bloom his love of literature, music and other artistic expressions had the privilege of listening Gregorian Masses repeatedly sung by the great Jesuit Eugene Goetz.
In 1945 he joined the Central University of Ecuador, the city of Quito, faculty in International Studies (Diplomacy), and which was appointed Vice President of Student Association. Wins First Prize in the Inter-University Declaration of Human Rights (1950). Together with other young rebels of the era, including Abraham Romero Cabrera. founded the Ecuadorian Nationalist Revolutionary Action Movement (ARNE).
In Quito's City
His stay in Quito, was sandwiched between professional education and the cultivation of letters, is how to attend the "Cafe Bohemia" cafeteria located in the heart of the capital city, had the opportunity to meet and make friends with renowned poets such as: Benjamín Carrión, César Dávila Andrade, who was called "The Fakir", among others.
The Bohemian Café was a place to share moments of friendship and exchange papers which were read, admired and criticized by the participants, all accompanied by the superb piano performances, the renowned composer and master Uberto Santacruz. Contact with literary personalities of the time, he inspired his approach and unblemished passion for the arts.
At the age of 23 years, two years before finishing his college career, gets married the distinguished lady riobambeña, Aida Dona Violeta Moncayo Teran; then obtained his Ph.D. in International Law, whose thesis was acclaimed and rests in the archives of Central University.
Still in Quito, happily notes the arrival of their first son, Luis Eduardo, and back to his beloved city, that of her daughters and son: María del Pilar, Carlos Rodrigo, Lucía Elena, Lourdes Jacqueline Susan and Nancy.
Political career
In the political field, and by the year 1959, venturing into the ranks of the Radical Liberal Party, becomes the Provincial Director for a period of eight consecutive years. 1960, serving as presidential campaign manager Don Galo Plaza Lasso. By popular election, Councillor of the Canton reaches Riobamba in 1962, in 1963 was appointed Director of Chimborazo Province in the same year, serving as chairman of the agency branch, currently equivalent to prefect, a position that years later he would take his Costales first son Luis Eduardo Teran. Then, by the year 1967 serving as head of the presidential campaign of Dr. Andrew F. Cordova, who fondly called "Lluro Cordova, his close friend. Upon termination of the Liberal Party, following the signing of the famous "Pact bite," comes the Democratic Left, first as an independent movement. In the year 1970 was made the first convention of this movement in the city of Quito, Luis Alberto Costales which would be his first National President. Party who in 1986 became the first political force in Ecuador and take you to the Presidency of the Republic of Dr. Rodrigo Borja Cevallos. It should be noted that Luis Alberto Costales was one of those few politicians pure, remaining in the country, never prevailed in it, personal interests, compromises and agreements that were at the expense of his dignity, he always repeated the following:'If I die I'm dying but standing with head held high and with that on my head penachito called Dignity. And indeed he did. In 1988 he was appointed Provincial Director of the Social Security Institute Regional IESS 5, a post he held with great responsibility, for a period of three years. In the same year he founded the cultural group, Ateneo "José María Román" Chimborazo, at the request of his close friend and National President Dr. William V. Bossano In 1991, he was elected alternate for the Province of Chimborazo, the Democratic Left Party.
Last Days
Nature always captivated him, so he takes refuge in his "small villa", which he calls "Office of Illusions", where the light enters through large windows, while pale books and papers buried in his old desk.
The poet devotes himself to the necessities of the word, thought, and deep reading of philosophical knowledge, this is where navigating the seas of inspiration to create an outstanding literary work in which the purest feelings predominate .
Technology never inhabited that space conducive to the existence of his old typewriter. Here again review the pages of his much admired Juan Montalvo, Juan de Velasco, Miguel de Cervantes, Sartre, Auguste Comte, Sócrates, Platon, Aristoteles, Quevedo, Victor Hugo and many other illustrious characters, accompanied by the melodies of Beethoven, Berlioz, Felix Mendelssohn, Vivaldi, Debussy, Strauss y Franz Schubert.
In its fifth remains for more than twenty years, which coexists with nature. It draws inspiration and get great teachings, simple ways to inner joy, and may feel the wonder of creation by the Supreme Creator of the Universe, who comes to know and love without limit.
In mid-2005, Luis Alberto Costales fell seriously ill, a victim of lung cancer can not escape then, in July of that same year, the Casa de la Cultura Benjamin Carrión Chimborazo core, decide publishing his book " On EarthKnob "event at which it also receives a tribute, by some institutions and cultural organizations in the city.
Spend their last eight months of life in this beloved city, under the care and affection of his family and friends. Finally, the first of February 2006, closing the pages of his life and with them the window of his "Office of Illusions".
The city of Riobamba count today with an imposing monument in the intersection of: Jose Veloz, Manuel Elicio Flor and 44, dedicated to this illustrious character of Chimborazo and its fruitful work.
Alberto Costales for his transcendent work and literary contribution.
