Xavier Villaurrutia Award
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Jorge Enrique Adoum
ホルヘ・エンリケ・アドゥーム
Horuhe Enrike Adūmu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1926-06-29 （Ambato）
- Died
- 2009-07-03 （Quito） age 83
- Nationality
- Ecuadorian
- Languages
- Spanish
- Residence History
- Ambato, Ecuador → Quito, Ecuador → Chile → Beijing, China → Geneva, Switzerland → Paris, France
Career
- Occupations
- writer, poet, politician, diplomat
- Active Years
- 1949-2009
- Influenced By
- Pablo Neruda
- Nominations
- Nominated for Miguel de Cervantes Prize
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Casa de las Américas Prize | — | 詩 | Casa de las Américas | winner |
| 1976 | Xavier Villaurrutia Prize | Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda | 小説 | — | winner |
| 1989 | Premio Eugenio Espejo | — | 文学 | — | winner |
Casa de las Américas Prize
1960
Category:
詩
Organization:
Casa de las Américas
Result:
winner
Xavier Villaurrutia Prize
1976
Work:
Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda
Category:
小説
Result:
winner
Premio Eugenio Espejo
1989
Category:
文学
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda
1976 NovelA novel oscillating between Marx and a naked woman.
politicsloveideology
Translations
- French translation by Nicole Rouan
Bibliography
- Ecuador Amargo (1949)
- Carta para Alejandra (1952)
- Los Cuadernos de La Tierra: 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)
- Disinterred Love (2012)
Translations by Author
- Translations into Spanish: T. S. Eliot, Langston Hughes, etc.
Translations of Works
- El sol bajo las patas de los caballos (English: The Sun Trampled Beneath the Horses' Hooves, 1974)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- One of the major exponents of Latin American poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- political ideologyloveEcuadorian reality
Health
-
heart failure晩年Cause of death
Legacy
Hailed by Pablo Neruda as the best poet of his generation in Latin America, though unknown in English-speaking world.
In Popular Culture
- Known for Lebanese descent
Trivia
- Of Lebanese descent
- Served as Pablo Neruda's personal secretary
- Traveled to Egypt, India, Japan, Israel on UNESCO grant
- Believer in communist ideology