Jorge Enrique Adoum, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jorge Enrique Adoum

Ecuadorian writer

Date of Birth: 29-Jun-1926

Place of Birth: Ambato, Tungurahua Province, Ecuador

Date of Death: 03-Jul-2009

Profession: writer, poet, politician, diplomat, translator, university teacher, journalist, literary editor, linguist

Nationality: Ecuador

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.