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          Adalberto Ortiz - born Adalberto Ortiz Quiñones (February 9, – February 1, ) was a novelist, poet and diplomat born in Esmeraldas.!

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          Adalberto Ortiz

          BornFebruary 9, 1914
          Esmeraldas, a province of Ecuador
          DiedFebruary 1, 2003 (2003-03) (aged 88)
          Guayaquil, Ecuador
          OccupationNovelist, Poet, Diplomat
          NationalityEcuadorian
          Notable awardsPremio Eugenio Espejo (1995)

          Adalberto Ortiz - born Adalberto Ortiz Quiñones (February 9, 1914 – February 1, 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 (1942; English translation by Susan Hill and Jonathan Tittler 1983), his poetry collection Earth, Sound and Drum (1953), and the short story collection called Entundada (1971); 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 Lat