Julio Pazos Barrera ( Baños, 18 August 1944) is a poet, writer, teacher, and cook. He is the editor-in-chief of the magazine ''Letras del Ecuador'' (Letters from Ecuador) published by the Ecuadorian House of Culture, and editor-in-chief of the magazine ''América''. He is a member of the

Ecuadorian Academy of Language The Academia Ecuatoriana de la Lengua (''Ecuadorian Academy of Language'') is an association of academics and experts on the use of the Spanish language in Ecuador. The Academia was founded on March 4, 1875, in Quito, following the Real Academia ...

. He was awarded Ecuador's National Prize in Literature "

Premio Eugenio Espejo The ''Premio Nacional Eugenio Espejo'' ("Eugenio Espejo National Award") is the national prize of the nation of Ecuador. Decrees 677 and 699 (of August 1975 and September 1997, respectively) established the prize, which is conferred by the Presid ...

" in 2010 by the President of Ecuador.List of winners of the "Premio Eugenio Espejo" with Spanish biographies

Awards

* First Prize and Medal. Poetry Contest, Catholic University of Ecuador (1968) * First Prize. Conrado Blanco Foundation of Madrid, Homage to Quito (1973 * National Literature Prize "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit" (1979) * "Casa de las Américas" Prize, Havana, Cuba (1982) * “Juan León Mera” Distinction Award from the city of Ambato (1988) * "Jorge Carrera Andrade" Prize from the city of Quito (1988) * “Juan Montalvo” Distinction Award from the city of Ambato (1994) * Gold Medal “Aurelio Espinosa Pólit” for letters and culture, city of Quito (2006) * Premio Eugenio Espejo (2010)

Works

* Plegaria azul (1963) * Ocupaciones del buscador (Quito, 1971) * Prendas tan queridas las palabras entregadas al vuelo (1974) * Entre las sombras y las iluminaciones (1977) * Entre las sombras las iluminaciones (1977) * La ciudad y las visiones (1980) * Levantamiento del país con textos libres (1982) * Ensayo: "Medardo Angel Silva" Estudio introductorio (1983) * Oficios (1984) * Contienda entre la vida y la muerte o Personajes volando en un lienzo (1985) * "La voragine". Estudio introductorio (1985) * Mujeres (1988) * "La victoria de Junín y otros poemas". Estudio introductorio (1988) * Cocina criolla, cocinemos lo nuestro (1990) * Literatura popular: versos y dichos de Tungurahua (1991) * Constancias (1993) * "Oposición a la magia de Francisco Proaño Arandi". Estudio introductorio (1994) * Juan León Mera: una visión actual (1996) * Holograma (1997) * Acercamiento a la obra de Oscar Efrén Reyes (1997) * Arte de la memoria (1998). * Días de pesares y delirios (2001) * El sabor de la memoria (2008)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pazos Barrera, Julio 1944 births Ecuadorian male writers Living people Academic staff of the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador People from Baños Canton