about the evolution of Ecuadorian society since 1925. Subsequently, he published the novel Las pequeñas estaturas ("Small Statures"; 1970). He also wrote essays: “Thomas Mann and the New Humanism” (1956) and “Essays on Essays” (1981). (To date his works have not been translated into English.) Pareja maintained a long association with the famous "Guayaquil Group" of Ecuadorian writers (José de la Cuadra, Joaquín Gallegos Lara, Demetrio Aguilera Malta, Enrique Gil Gilbert). He also associated with writers from other countries: Jorge Luis Borges, Juan David García Bacca, John Dos Passos, Arnold Toynbee, Julio Cortázar, Alvaro Mutis, Jorge Enrique Adoum, Benjamin Carrión, Oswaldo Guayasamín and his nephew Miguel Donoso Pareja. The only biography about Pareja was written by the journalist and writer Francisco Febres Cordero. Pareja maintained periodic correspondence with American writer John Steinbeck. President Galo Plaza Lasso worked with Pareja in educational projects after World War II around the globe, mostly in Central and South America. Accolades and positions Medalla de la Fundación Internacional Eloy Alfaro La Habana 1944 Medalla al Mérito Literario Municipio de Guayaquil, 1972 Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo ("Eugenio Espejo National Award"), Ecuador's most important literary award, given for a life's work, 1979. Gran Oficial de la orden al Mérito del Ecuador Gran Cruz de la Orden al Mérito del Ecuador Gran Cruz de Order of Isabella the Catholic Grand Croix de Order of the Crown (Belgium) Gran Cruz de la Order of the Sun (Peru) Gran Cruz da Orden de Rio Branco Gran Cruz de la Orden Jóse Cecilio del Valle Légion d'honneur, June 1992. Received the honor for presiding the Bicentennial of the French Revolution Committee. Title of Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Guayaquil, 1986 Member, National Academy of History, June 1989 Member, Real Academia Española Member, Anthropological and Geography Institute of Ecuador Member, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana Member, Ecuadorean Academy of History Member, Center of Literary Studies, University of Guayaquil History advisor, Pan American Institute of Geography and History, Ecuador. Professor of Cultural History, Universidad Central del Ecuador Subdirector and Professor of American History and Political Theory, International Institute of Politic studies, San José, Costa Rica. Full Professor of Latin America History and International Relations, Graduate School of the University of Florida, USA Pensamiento Politico of the Republicas Grancolombianas Guggenheim Fellowship Full Professor of Latin American Political Problems and International Relations, Advanced Center of Studies, Graduate School, University of Miami, USA. Professor of History