Aleyda Quevedo

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quevedo and the second or maternal family name is Rojas.

Aleyda Quevedo Rojas
Born	1972 (age 51–52) Quito
Nationality	Ecuador
Occupation	Writer
Awards	Jorge Carrera Andrade Award (1996)

Aleyda Quevedo Rojas (b. 1972, Quito) is an Ecuadorian poet, journalist, and cultural writer. She is considered one of the most relevant voices in contemporary Latin American poetry.

Among her best-known works are the poems Algunas rosas verdes (1996), for which she won the Jorge Carrera Andrade Award of that year, and Soy mi cuerpo (2006), in which she uses the human figure as an escape from the fears and anguish provoked by death. In 2017, the House of Ecuadorian Culture published the book Cierta manera de la luz sobre el cuerpo, a compilation of Quevedo's poems to that point. Writer Jesús David Curbelo described Quevedo's work as the "witness of a life and a supplier of feelings in which she scrutinizes first the body, then emotions, then finally the mind."

In July 2018, Quevedo attended a colloquium commemorating Jorge Carrera Andrade with writers César Eduardo Carrión, Javier Cevallos Perugachi, José Gregorio Vásquez, Jesús David Curbelo, and Mario Pera.

Works

• Cambio en los climas del corazón (1989)
• La actitud del fuego (1994)
• Algunas rosas verdes (1996)
• Espacio vacío (2001)
• Soy mi cuerpo (2006)
• Dos encendidos, Manuela y Bolívar (2010)
• Cierta manera de la luz sobre el cuerpo (2017)

References

Bibliography

• "Una poesía que habla de dolor y placer". El Universo (in Spanish). 9 September 2006. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
• "Aleyda Quevedo revive un amor encendido". El Comercio (in Spanish). 13 December 2010. Archived from the original on 21 February 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
• "El cuerpo de letras de Aleyda Quevedo". Juventud Rebelde (in Spanish). 15 March 2014. Archived from the original on 20 January 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
• ""Hay que pensar en la muerte como una continuidad"". El Espectador (in Spanish). 2 May 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
• "Aleyda Quevedo presenta la compilación de su obra en 'Cierta manera de la luz sobre el cuerpo'". La Hora (in Spanish). 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017.
• "Aleyda Quevedo dice que la poesía es su fuerza movilizadora". El Universo (in Spanish). 19 October 2017. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
• "Dos días para celebrar la obra del escritor César Dávila Andrade". El Comercio (in Spanish). 26 July 2018. Retrieved 22 August 2018.
• "Dos autores nacionales entre 40 más relevantes en español". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 14 April 2015. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
• "Aleyda Quevedo usa el cuerpo como medio de conocimiento". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
• ""El arte es el último refugio que nos queda en el mundo actual"". El Telégrafo (in Spanish). 18 September 2017. Archived from the original on 18 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2018.