Jorge Enrique Adoum | |
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| Born | Jorge Enrique Adoum Aud June 29, 1926 Ambato, Ecuador |
| Died | July 3, 2009 (aged 83) Quito, Ecuador |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Notable works | Entre Marx y Una Mujer Desnuda (1976) |
| Notable awards | Premio Eugenio Espejo (1989), Xavier Villaurrutia Prize (1976), Casa de las Américas (1960) |
| Spouse | Magdalena Jaramillo Cabezas (years married: (1948-Unknown), Nicole Rouan (years married: 1977-2009) |
Jorge Enrique Adoum (June 29, 1926 in Ambato – July 3, 2009 in Quito) was an Ecuadorian writer, poet, politician, and diplomat.[1] 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.