 alejandro carriÃ³n aguirre (11 march 1915 â 4 january 1992)alejandro carriÃ³n was a poet, novelist and journalist. he wrote the novel la espina (1959), the short story book la manzana daÃ±ada (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 benjamÃ­n carriÃ³n. ==biography== ===the journalist=== alejandro carriÃ³n wrote articles and political commentary in the following periodicals and newspapers: ====newspapers==== *el tiempo, bogotÃ¡, 1947 *la tierra, quito 1942&ndash;1948 *el sol, quito, 1950; *la razÃ³n, guayaquil, 1968&ndash;1969 *el universo, guayaquil, 1948&ndash;1968 *diario las amÃ©ricas, miami, 1970&ndash;1979 *diario el comercio, quito 1980&ndash;1992 ====magazines==== *revista de la casa de la cultura ecuatoriana, 1945&ndash;1950 *letras del ecuador, 1945&ndash;1950 *sÃ¡bado, bogotÃ¡, 1947 *la calle, quito 1959&ndash;1969 *vistazo, guayaquil 1969&ndash;1992; *amÃ©ricas, washington, d.c., 1977&ndash;1979 *revista de la sociedad jurÃ­dico-literaria, 1981&ndash;1982 == bibliography == ===poetry=== a selection of alejandro carriÃ³n's poetry was recorded in quito for the library of congress in washing
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