Demetrio Malta was born on 24 May 1909 in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He was a writer, known for Teatterituokio (1962). He died on 28 December 1981 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
He had one son, Ciro, with his first love. With the Panamanian Adda Rosa Endara he had two daughters, Adda Teresa and Marlene. He was with Velia Marqués from 1950, but they had no children.