José Enrique Ojeda (1928 – June 2023) was an Ecuadorian-born writer and academic. A professor at

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for 30 years, he was the author of several books about Latin American literature, and was called "the world's leading authority" on Ecuadoran poet

Jorge Carrera Andrade Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902. He died in 1978. During his life and after his death he has been recognized with Jorge Luis Borges, Vic ...

. Ojeda also wrote extensively on Ecuadoran novelist

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. Ojeda grew up in Quito, Ecuador, where his father had a dental practice. He attended prep school at Quito's Colegio Loyola, a Jesuit institution, then earned a BA and an MA at the

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. Moving to the U.S., Ojeda earned an MA in French Literature at the

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in 1959. In 1966, Ojeda earned a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from

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. Ojeda lived with his wife, Jo Ellen Haynes Ojeda, in

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and

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. He died at his winter home in Ponte Vedra Beach in June 2023.
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Books

* ''Cuatro obras de Jorge Icaza'', Quito, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1960. * ''Jorge Carrera Andrade. Introducción al estudio de su vida y de su obra''
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Madrid-New York, Torres Library of Literary Studies, 1972 * ''La ciudad sobre la colina''
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Quito, Banco Central del Ecuador, 1990 * ''Ensayos sobre Jorge Icaza''
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Quito, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1991 * ''En pos del minero de la noche''
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Quito, Paradiso Editores, 2010 Ojeda edited, and wrote introductions for, the following books by Jorge Carrera Andrade: * ''Poesía última'', New York, Las Americas Publishing Company, 1968 * ''Reflexiones sobre la poesía hispanoamericana'', Quito, Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1987 * ''El volcán y el colibri. Autobiografía'', Quito, Corporación Editora Nacional, 1989 * ''Relatos de un gozoso tragaleguas'', Quito, Banco Central del Ecuador, 1994 * ''Poesías desconocidas de Jorge Carrera Andrade''
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Quito, Paradiso Editores, 2002 * ''Microgramas'', Quito, Orogenia, 2007 Ojeda wrote a chapter called "Jorge Carrera Andrade" for ''Latin American Writers'', Supplement I, New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002 Ojeda wrote many journal articles, including, "Littérature de l' Équateur", "Les années Fastes: de 1920 a 1960", ''Nuit Blanche'', Québec, Février 2004

References

External links

The Official Website of Jorge Carrera Andrade

* Obituary of J. Enrique Ojeda i
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ojeda, Enrique 1928 births 2023 deaths Boston College faculty Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador alumni University of Cincinnati alumni Harvard University alumni Ecuadorian emigrants to the United States 20th-century American writers 21st-century American writers 20th-century American male writers People from Quito