Gonzalo Escudero

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Escudero and the second or maternal family name is Moscoco.

Gonzalo Escudero
Born	Gonzalo Escudero Moscoco September 28, 1903 Quito, Ecuador
Died	December 10, 1971 (1971-12-11) (aged 68) Brussels, Belgium
Occupation	Poet, Diplomat
Nationality	Ecuadorian

Gonzalo Escudero Moscoso (Quito, September 28, 1903 – Brussels, December 10, 1971) was an Ecuadorian poet and diplomat.

He spent his high school years at the Instituto Nacional Mejía. Later, he attended the Central University of Ecuador, where he obtained his doctorate degree in jurisprudence. He was a distinguished professor of international law at the University of Quito, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Congress, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

He served as Ecuador's ambassador to Uruguay (1942-1845), Peru (1956), Argentina (1961), Colombia (1963), Brazil (1965), UNESCO (1960) and Belgium (1971).

Works

• Los Poemas del Arte (1918)
• Las Parábolas Olímpicas (1922)
• Altanoche (1947)
• Hélices de Huracán y de Sol (1933)
• Estatura del Aire (1951)
• Paralelogramo (obra de teatro)
• Material del Ángel
• Autorretrato
• Introducción a la Muerte
• Hombre de América
• Dios
• Ases
• Pleamar de Piedra
• Réquiem por la Luz
• Nocturno de Septiembre
• Contrapunto