After a lung ailment, the writer and journalist Jaime Galarza Zavala He died at the age of 92. The death occurred at the Carlos Andrade Marín Hospital in Quito, where he was treated.

In 1996 it became the Prime Minister of the country of environment during the reign of Abdalá Bucaram. In his Twitter account, he described himself as follows: “I am a walker, but a walker of the people… of the homeland… of righteousness and a walker of dreams… to make them come true.”

The unfortunate news was shared by the House of Ecuadorian Culture, of which he was vice-chairman. “We express our deep regret over the death of this great writer and revolutionary, in solidarity with his eminent family and loved ones,” The headquarters explained from their social networks. garlarza too he was president of the House of Culture of El Oro from 2004-2008.

In the same way, Paul Munoz, mayor of Quito, shared a message of condolence on his Twitter account. “One of the great representatives of Ecuadorian writing, Jaime Galarza, has left. His poetry became his battle weapon, making him a revolutionary.” emphatically.

While, Raul Vallejo, writer and former culture minister, claimed that his political and poetic word is here to stay as his poetry is rebellious verses. “He exposed the voracious accumulation of the bourgeoisie the feudal yoke And The feast of the oil; denounced the loose ends of Roldós’ death”he referred.

Galarza was born on July 28, 1930 in Cuenca. In seven days, he was about to turn 93 years old. According to a review on the portal the open word, his first poems appeared in the socialist newspaper The earth. Together with the poet César Dávila Andrade, he attended literary political meetings in Cuenca.

The left was always his battle flag; He was part of the Communist Party and during his life as a militant he took part in the university protests in Guayaquil in June 1959, where he witnessed the massacre of students in the government of Camilo Ponce Enriquez.

His work as a writer adds more than 20 collections of poetry and non-fiction books, including his titles: The feudal yoke, The oil feast, Pirates of the Gulf, The peasants of Loja and Zamora, Oil of our death, Who killed Roldós.

On August 9, 2007, he was commemorated with the Eugenio Espejo National award for their cultural activities. In February 2011, the National Assembly of Ecuador honored him in a plenary meeting with Frreviews Vicente Rocafuerte.