Adalberto Ortiz - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1914-02-09 （Esmeraldas Province）
Died: 2003-02-01 （Guayaquil） age 88
Nationality: Ecuadorian
Languages: Spanish
Residence History: Esmeraldas → Guayaquil

Career

Occupations: Novelist, Poet, Diplomat
Active Years: 1942-2003

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1995	Premio Eugenio Espejo	body of work	—	Ecuadorian Government	Winner

Premio Eugenio Espejo

1995

Work: body of work

Organization: Ecuadorian Government

Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo (Eugenio Espejo National Prize) 1 appearances

Edition 12 (1995, held 3 times in year) Winner

Works

Major Works

Juyungo

1942 Novel

A novel focusing on the identity of Afro-Ecuadorians and their struggle against oppression.

Afro-American identitySocial freedomRacial relations

Translations

English translation by Susan Hill and Jonathan Tittler (1983)

Earth, Sound and Drum

1953 Poetry collection

Poetry collection incorporating Afro-American rhythms.

Afro-cultureRhythm

Entundada

1971 Short story collection

Short story collection preserving Afro-Ecuadorian customs.

Afro-cultureCustoms

Bibliography

Juyungo (Buenos Aires, 1943)
El espejo y la ventana (Quito, 1967)
La envoltura del sueño (Guayaquil, 1982)
Los contrabandistas (México, 1945)
La mala espalda (Quito, 1952)
La entundada (Quito, 1971)
Tierra son y tambor (México, 1945)
Camino y puerto de la angustia (México, 1945)
El vigilante insepulto (Quito, 1954)
El animal herido -antología- (Quito, 1959)
Fórmulas. Tierra Son y Tambor (Quito, 1973)
La niebla encendida (Quito, 1983)
El perro que se mana la mierda (aluncia, 2014)

Translations of Works

Juyungo English translation

Style & Themes

Literary Style: Incorporation of Afro-American cultural elementsUse of jargonElastic and rhythmic prose
Recurring Motifs: Afro-American identity in Latin-American societyStruggle for social freedom against oppressionClass differences

Legacy

Pioneering Ecuadorian writer who enriched literature with Afro-Ecuadorian culture. Awarded the Eugenio Espejo National Prize in 1995 for his body of work.