Filoteo Samaniego Salazar (July 11, 1928 - February 21, 2013)[1] was an Ecuadorian novelist, poet, historian, translator, and diplomat.

[2] He was awarded Ecuador's most prestigious prize, the Premio Eugenio Espejo, in 2001.

[3] Samaniego's diplomatic career began in 1949 as the chief of staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador.

He served as Ecuador's Ambassador to Austria, Germany, Romania and Egypt; and was a permanent representative of Ecuador to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (ONUDI); and held many other academic, national, and international posts in his lifetime.

Crónica, 1961) by the French Nobel laureate Saint-John Perse.