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Edition 1 (1975) Winner
Manuel Benjamín Carrión Mora
マヌエル・ベンハミン・カリオン・モラ
Manueru Benhamin Karion Mora
Aliases:
Benjamín Carrión
Pen Names:
Benjamín Carrión（Pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1897-04-20 （Loja, Ecuador）
- Died
- 1979-03-09 （Quito, Ecuador） age 81
- Nationality
- Ecuadorian
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Loja → Quito
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Diplomat, Cultural promoter, Journalist, Professor, Minister of Education, Legislator
- Active Years
- 1929-1979
- Affiliations
- Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana (Founder and first President)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central University of Ecuador | — | Faculty of Law | Lawyer | — | Ecuador |
Central University of Ecuador
Faculty of Law
Degree:
Lawyer
Country:
Ecuador
Trained as a lawyer
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Premio Eugenio Espejo | — | — | Ecuadorian Government | 受賞 |
| 1968 | Benito Juárez Prize | — | — | Mexico | 受賞 |
Premio Eugenio Espejo
1975
Organization:
Ecuadorian Government
Result:
受賞
Benito Juárez Prize
1968
Organization:
Mexico
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Atahuallpa
1934 BiographyA biography of the Spanish conquest of the Inca empire, translated into English and French.
Inca EmpireSpanish Conquest
Translations
- English translation
- French translation
Bibliography
- El desencanto de Miguel García (1929)
- Obras de Benjamín Carrión
- Nuevas Cartas al Ecuador
- Los Creadores de la Nueva América
- Mapa de America (1931)
- San Miguel de Unamuno
- Santa Gabriela Mistral
- Puerto Rico
- Índice de la Poesía Ecuatoriana Contemporánea
- Por Qué Jesús No Vuelve
- El Santo del Patíbulo
- Atahuallpa (1934)
- El Cuento de la Patria
- El Nuevo Relato Ecuatoriano
- El Libro de los Prólogos
- El Pensamiento Vivo de Juan Montalvo
- América Dada al Diablo
- Correspondencia de Benjamín Carrión
Legacy
Ecuador's foremost promoter of culture. Founded Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana. His legacy as a writer is controversial, but he stands as Ecuador's foremost promoter of culture.
Museums
- Benjamín Carrión Palace Quito Opened in 1948