Jorge Enrique Adoum
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Jorge Enrique Adoum (June 29, 1926 - July 3, 2009) was an Ecuadorian poet and writer. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. Social concerns were always present in his work.
Biography
Adoum was born in Ambato, Ecuador of Lebanese ancestry.[citation needed] He is best known for his novel Entre Marx y una Mujer Desnuda (Between Marx and a Nude Woman), which received Mexico's Xavier Villaurrutia Prize. This was the first time the award was given to a foreigner.
Adoum also translated works from the following authors into the Spanish language: T. S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, Jacques Prevert, Yannis Ritsos, Vinicius de Moraes, Nazim Hikmet, Fernando Pessoa, Joseph Brodsky, and Seamus Heaney.
Adoum died in Quito on July 3, 2009. He was 83. His work has yet to be translated into English.
Political activity
In 2006, Adoum signed a petition in support of the independence of Puerto Rico from the United States of America..
Awards
In 1952, the Nobel Laureate Pablo Neruda declared: "Ecuador has the greatest poet in [Latin] America" in reference to Adoum.[citation needed]
In 1989, Adoum was awarded Ecuador's National Prize of Culture "Eugenio Espejo Prize" presented by the President of Ecuador for his works. Adoum has been nominated for the Cervantes Prize, which is the most prestigious and renumerative award given for Spanish-language literature.
Work
Poetry:
- Ecuador Amargo (1949)
- Carta para Alejandra (1952)
- Los Cuadernos de La Tiera: I. Los Orígenes, II. El Enemigo y la Mañana (1952)
- Notas del Hijo Pródigo (1953)
- Relato del Extranjero (1955)
- Los Cuadernos de la Tierra: III. Dios Trajo la Sombra (1959)
- Los Cuadernos de la Tierra: IV. El Dorado y las Ocupaciones Nocturnas (1961)
- Informe Personal Sobre la Situación (1975)
- No Son Todos Los Están (1979)
- Poesía Viva del Ecuador (1990)
Novels:
- Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda (1976)
- Ciudad sin Ángel (1995)
- Los Amores Fugaces (1997)
Essays:
- Ecuador: Señas Particulares (2000)