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Jorge Enrique Adoum

1926 - 2009

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Jorge Enrique Adoum (June 29, 1926 in Ambato – July 3, 2009 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat. He was one of the major exponents of Latin American poetry. His work received such prestigious awards as the first Casa de las Américas Prize in Cuba, the most important honor in Latin American letters. Though hailed by Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda as the best poet of his generation in Latin America, Adoum’s work is unknown in the English-speaking world. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Enrique Adoum is the 5,855th most popular writer (up from 5,933rd in 2019), the 56th most popular biography from Ecuador (down from 55th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Ecuadorean Writer.

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Among writers, Jorge Enrique Adoum ranks 5,855 out of 7,302. Before him are Monica Lovinescu, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Kenneth Rexroth, Ferreira Gullar, Barbara Kingsolver, and Vladislav Krapivin. After him are Kazimierz Wierzyński, Ferenc Móra, Mark Haddon, John Keel, Karel Schoeman, and Gjorgji Abadžiev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Jorge Enrique Adoum ranks 446. Before him are Lino Aldani, Milo O'Shea, Helmut Rix, Danny Blanchflower, Adriano Directo Emperado, and Bill Black. After him are Jacques Swaters, Erna Schneider Hoover, Audrey Williamson, Zygmunt Chychła, Richard DeVos, and Manorama. Among people deceased in 2009, Jorge Enrique Adoum ranks 330. Before him are Lino Aldani, Hans Klenk, Ali Akbar Khan, Howard Zieff, Adriano Directo Emperado, and Isaac Schwartz. After him are John Keel, George Russell, Zygmunt Chychła, Arturo Gatti, Zena Marshall, and Kristina Brenk.

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In Ecuador

Among people born in Ecuador, Jorge Enrique Adoum ranks 56 out of 147. Before him are Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola (1888), Luis Cordero Crespo (1833), Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906), Ignacio de Veintemilla (1828), Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz (1912), and Otto Arosemena (1925). After him are José Luis Tamayo (1858), Mike Judge (1962), Arturo Rodas (1954), Aurelio Mosquera (1883), Iván Hurtado (1974), and Gonzalo Córdova (1863).

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Among WRITERS In Ecuador

Among writers born in Ecuador, Jorge Enrique Adoum ranks 4. Before him are Juan Montalvo (1832), Eugenio Espejo (1747), and Jorge Icaza Coronel (1906).

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