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Abdón Ubidia

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Abdon Ubidia

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1944 （Quito, Ecuador）
Nationality
Ecuador
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Quito, Ecuador

Career

Occupations
Writer, Novelist, Researcher
Active Years
1975-2024

Awards

Premio Eugenio Espejo
2012
Category: 文学
Organization: Government of Ecuador
Result: 受賞
Jose Mejia prize
1979
Work: Bajo el mismo extraño cielo
Category: 最優秀フィクション
Result: 受賞
Jose Mejia prize
1986
Work: Sueño de lobos
Category: 最優秀フィクション
Result: 受賞
Joaquín Gallegos Lara prize
2015
Work: Tiempo
Category: 短編フィクション
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ciudad de invierno

1984 Novel

A novel representing modern Ecuadorian literature.

Urban lifeWinter imagery
Translations
  • City in Winter (translated by Nathan D. Horowitz, 2018)

Sueño de lobos

1986 Novel

A novel themed around wolves' dreams.

DreamsWilderness
Translations
  • Wolves' Dream (translated by Mary E. Fieweger, 1997)

Bajo el mismo extraño cielo

1979 Short story collection

Collection of short stories.

Strange skyHuman relations

Divertinventos

1989 Short story collection

Funventions: A Book of Fantasies and Utopias.

FantasyUtopia
Translations
  • Funventions: A Book of Fantasies and Utopias (translated by Nathan D. Horowitz, 2020)

Bibliography

  • Ciudad de invierno (1984)
  • Sueño de lobos (1986)
  • La madriguera (2004)
  • Callada como la muerte (2012)
  • Bajo el mismo extraño cielo (1979)
  • Divertinventos (1989)
  • El palacio de los espejos (1996)
  • Tiempo (2015)
  • Adiós siglo XX (1992, Theater)
  • El cuento popular (1977)
  • La poesía popular ecuatoriana (1982)
  • Referentes (2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Tsantzismo literary movement
Recurring Motifs
Oral literatureEcuadorian folklore

Legacy

Considered one of the most representative voices of modern Ecuadorian literature.