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Alejandro Carrión
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| Born | Alejandro Carrión Aguirre March 11, 1915 Loja, Ecuador |
| Died | January 4, 1992 (aged 76) Quito, Ecuador |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Nationality | Ecuadorian |
| Notable awards | Maria Moors Cabot prize (New York, 1961), Premio Eugenio Espejo (Ecuador, 1981), XIV Premio Leopoldo Alas 'Clarin' (Barcelona, 1969) |
| Relatives | Benjamín Carrión (1897–1979), uncle |
Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (11 March 1915 – 4 January 1992) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. He wrote the novel La espina (1959), the short story book La manzana dañada (1983), and numerous poetry books. As a journalist he published many of his articles under the pseudonym "Juan Sin Cielo." In 1956 he founded, along with Pedro Jorge Vera, the political magazine La Calle. He directed the literary magazine Letras del Ecuador. He received the Maria Moors Cabot prize (1961) from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism as well as the Ecuadorian National Prize Premio Eugenio Espejo (1981) for his body of work. He was the nephew of Benjamín Carrión and Clodoveo Carrión.
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Biography
The journalist
Alejandro Carrión wrote articles and political commentary in the following periodicals and newspapers:
Newspapers
- El Tiempo, Bogotá, 1947
- La Tierra, Quito 1942–1948
- El Sol, Quito, 1950;
- La Razón, Guayaquil, 1968–1969
- El Universo, Guayaquil, 1948–1968
- Diario Las Américas, Miami, 1970–1979
- Diario El Comercio, Quito 1980–1992
Magazines
- Revista de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1945–1950
- Letras del Ecuador, 1945–1950
- Sábado, Bogotá, 1947
- La Calle, Quito 1959–1969
- Vistazo, Guayaquil 1969–1992;
- Américas, Washington, D.C., 1977–1979
- Revista de la Sociedad Jurídico-Literaria, 1981–1982
See also
In Spanish: Alejandro Carrión para niños
