Jorge Enrique Adoum
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Jorge Enrique Adoum (1926 in Ambato, Ecuador - ) is an Ecuadorian writer. He is one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. Social concerns has been always present in his work. In 1952, Pablo Neruda (of whom he was his personal secretary) declared: "Ecuador has the greatest poet in America". He has been nominated for the Cervantes Prize.
[edit] Political Activity
Recently, on January 26, 2006, Jorge Enrique Adoum joined other internationally renowned figures and Latin American authors such as Nobel-laureate Gabriel García Márquez, Mario Benedetti, Ernesto Sábato, Thiago de Mello, Eduardo Galeano, Pablo Armando Fernández, Carlos Monsiváis, Luis Rafael Sánchez, Mayra Montero, Ana Lydia Vega and world famous singer/composer Pablo Milanés, in demanding sovereignty for Puerto Rico and adding their name and signatue to the Latin American and Caribbean Congress' Proclamation for the Independence of Puerto Rico, which approved a resolution favoring the island-nation's right to assert its independence, as ratified unanimously by political parties hailing from twenty two Latin American countries in November of 2006. [1] Galeano's demand for the recognition of Puerto Rico's independence was obtained at the behest of the Puerto Rican Independence Party (PIP).[2]
[edit] Work
Poetry:
- Ecuador Amargo (1949)
- Carta para Alejandra (1952)
- Los Cuadernos de La Tiera: 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)
Novels:
- Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda (1976)
- Ciudad sin Ángel (1995)
- Los Amores Fugaces (1997)
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