Aminta Buenaño

Aminta Buenaño Rugel (born Santa Lucía Canton, Guayas Province, 1958) is an Ecuadorian writer and politician.

Biography She has worked for the publication El Universo, in Guayaquil.

In 2007, she joined Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly, as a member of PAIS Alliance. She was congressional vice-president. She has also helped write the 2008 Constitution of Ecuador.

In 2011, she was appointed in 2011 as Ecuador's ambassador to Spain.

On April 3, 2014, she was appointed ambassador to Nicaragua, with extra accreditation as non-resident to Barbados. She was dismissed on February 22, 2017

Prizes International Short Story Award Jauja de Valladolid (1979). National Short Story Award Diario El Tiempo.

Works La mansión de los sueños (Guayaquil, 1985) La otra piel (Guayaquil, 1992) Mujeres divinas (2006)

Anthologies Mujeres ecuatorianas en el relato (1988) Primera Bienal del Cuento Ecuatoriano "Pablo Palacio" (Quito, 1991) Veintiún cuentistas ecuatorianos (Quito, 1996) Antología de narradoras ecuatorianas (Quito, 1997) 40 cuentos ecuatorianos (Quito, 1997) Antología básica del cuento ecuatoriano (Quito, 1998)