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Adalberto Ortiz
Adalberto Ortiz (1914-2003) was a novelist, poet and diplomat born in Esmeraldas, a province of Ecuador.
Among his most important literary works we find his novel Juyungo, his poetry collection Earth, Sound and Drum, and the short story collection called Entundada; His most defining feature as a writer was the incorporation of the elements of afro-American culture, enriching his literary vocabulary with its jargon, its elasticity and its rhythm.
Ortiz's thematic focused around the identity of the afro-American within Latin-American society and its struggle towards social freedom, against oppression and secular exploitation. His body of work also preserves and rescues ...
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