Violeta Luna (born 24 February 1943 in

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) is an Ecuadorian poet, essayist, professor and literary critic.

Awards

* Award "A los mejores cuentos", 1969. * Poetry National Award "Ismael Pérez Pazmiño", ''Diario El Universo'', Guayaquil, 1970. *

Jorge Carrera Andrade Award The Jorge Carrera Andrade Award () is a literary award given by the Municipality of Quito, Ecuador to the best poetry book published during the year. It is awarded simultaneously with the Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize, on 1 Decembe ...

, Quito, 1994.

Published works

Poetry

* ''Poesía universitaria'' (Quito, 1964) * ''El ventanal del agua'' (Quito, 1965) * ''Y con el sol me cubro'' (Quito, 1967) * ''Posiblemente el aire'' (Quito, 1970) * ''Ayer me llamaba primavera'' (Quito, 1973) * ''La sortija de la lluvia'' (Guayaquil, 1975) * ''Memorias de humo'' (Quito, 1987) * ''Las puertas de la hierba'' (Quito, 1994) * ''Solo una vez la vida'' (Quito, 2000) * ''La oculta candela'' (Quito, 2005) * ''Poesía Junta'' (Quito, 2005)

Tales

* ''Los pasos amarillos'' (Quito, 1970)

Essays

* ''La lírica ecuatoriana'' (Guayaquil, 1973)

Anthologies

* ''Lírica ecuatoriana contemporánea'' (Bogotá, 1979) * ''Diez escritoras ecuatorianas y sus cuentos'' (Guayaquil, 1982) * ''Poesía viva del Ecuador'' (Quito, 1990) * ''Between the Silence of Voices: An Anthology of Contemporary Ecuadorean Women Poets'' (Quito, 1997) * ''Antología de narradoras ecuatorianas'' (Quito, 1997) * ''Poesía erótica de mujeres: Antología del Ecuador'' (Quito, 2001)

References

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