Josué Augusto Durán Hermida is an
Ecuadorian writer. He won the 2019
Premio Nacional de Literatura Aurelio Espinoza Pólit for his book ''Minutas de Bulla''.
Duran comes from a cultural family in
Cuenca. He is the grandson of the writer
César Hermida, who won the 2019 Premio Nacional de Novela Breve ‘La Linares’ for his work ''Amoríos''. Duran studied literature in
Barcelona
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and now lives in
Amsterdam
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. He has contributed to Ecuadorian publications such as ''
Cartón Piedra'', where he discussed the works of
Celan and
Cavafy
Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Πέτρου Καβάφης ; April 29 (April 17, OS), 1863 – April 29, 1933), known, especially in English, as Constantine P. Cavafy and often published as C. P. Cavafy (), was a Gree ...
.
References
Ecuadorian writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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