José María Egas (Manta, 1896 - 1982) was an Ecuadorian poet.
[1] Egas studied law at the University of Guayaquil graduated in 1927.
He was then active as a lawyer and journalist, but became best known for his poetry, being appointed national poet laureate in 1976.
Born in Manta (Manabí province), he was the son of don Carlos Egas Rodriguez and doña Rosalia Miranda Alarcón.
He grows in a very well educated family present in Ecuador since the century XVII for his father part.