José Trajano Mera

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José Trajano Mera Iturralde (1862–1919) was an Ecuadorian poet, playwright and diplomat. He was born in Ambato, Ecuador, and died in Guayaquil at age 56 or 57. He came from a literary family; his father, Juan León Mera, wrote Ecuador's first novel Cumanda and the words to the National Anthem. He earned a law degree from the Central University of Ecuador. He died in 1919 while serving as Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Relations.