José Trajano Mera

José Trajano Mera Iturralde (1862 in Ambato – 1919 in Guayaquil) was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright and diplomat from a literary family with a cultural lineage. His father was the writer Juan León Mera who wrote Ecuador's first novel Cumanda and the text of the Ecuadorian National Anthem.

He earned a degree in jurisprudence from the Central University of Ecuador. He died in Guayaquil in 1919 while holding the position of Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.

Works Cónsules y Consulados (1910; Consuls and Consulates) Los virtuosos (1917; The Virtuous) La visita del poeta (The Poet's Visit) Paz en la guerra (1911; War in Peace) Sonetos y Sonetillos (1909; Sonnets and Little Sonnets) El reino de Bélgica: su comercio é industria (1909; The Belgium Kingdom: its commerce and industry)