Luz Del Nuevo Paisaje

''Luz del nuevo paisaje'' is a poetry book by

Alejandro Carrión Alejandro Carrión Aguirre (11 March 1915 – 4 January 1992) was an Ecuadorian poet, novelist and journalist. He wrote the novel ''La espina'' (1959), the short story book ''La manzana dañada'' (1983), and numerous poetry books. As a journalist ...

, published in

Quito Quito (; qu, Kitu), formally San Francisco de Quito, is the capital and largest city of Ecuador, with an estimated population of 2.8 million in its urban area. It is also the capital of the province of Pichincha. Quito is located in a valley o ...

, Ecuador in 1937. The book was illustrated with wood engravings by

Eduardo Kingman Eduardo Kingman Riofrío (February 23, 1913 – November 27, 1997) was an Ecuadorian artist. He is considered one of Ecuador's greatest artists of the 20th century, among the art circles of other master artists such as Oswaldo Guayasamín and Cam ...

. It appeared at the same time as other works by " the poets of Elan" such as “Escafandra” by Ignacio Lasso, “Canto a lo oscuro” by Humberto Vaca Gomez, and “Nuevo itinerario” by

Pedro Jorge Vera Pedro Jorge Vera (1914 in Guayaquil – 1999) was an Ecuadorian writer and Communist Party of Ecuador politician. He contributed to several newspapers and magazines of controversial character " La Calle", with the writer Alejandro Carrión, ...

. The poem “Buen año” was eventually translated into English and German; and the poem "Luz del nuevo paisaje," into English and French. The Revista Hispano-Americana of

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, directed by

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, conferred upon Alejandro Carrión its Hispanic-American Poetry Prize. Marcos Fingerit invited him to collaborate in their influential magazine '' Fábula'', where the first works of the Spanish poet

Camilo José Cela Camilo José Cela y Trulock, 1st Marquess of Iria Flavia (; 11 May 1916 – 17 January 2002) was a Spanish novelist, poet, story writer and essayist associated with the Generation of '36 movement. He was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Literat ...

appeared. In

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, in 1934 the widely read literary page of '' El Telégrafo'' proclaimed “Salteador y guardián,” illustrated by

, the best poem of the year; this same poem was awarded the first prize at the First Exhibition of the Mural Poem (Primera Exposición del Poema Mural), in

. The American poets

Dudley Fitts Dudley Fitts (April 28, 1903 – July 10, 1968) was an American teacher, critic, poet, and translator. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and attended Harvard University, where he edited the ''Harvard Advocate''. He taught at The Choate S ...

and Francis St. John translated five poems into English which appeared in the book ''

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'' - Third series 1944 (

New Directions Publishers New Directions Publishing Corp. is an independent book publishing company that was founded in 1936 by James Laughlin and incorporated in 1964. Its offices are located at 80 Eighth Avenue in New York City. History New Directions was born in 19 ...

- New York) alongside contributions by

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, John Frederick Nims,

Jean Garrigue Jean Garrigue (December 8, 1912 – December 27, 1972) was an American poet. In her lifetime, she received a Guggenheim Fellowship and a nomination for a National Book Award. Life Jean Garrigue was born Gertrude Louise Garrigus in Evansville, ...

Eve Merriam Eve Merriam (July 19, 1916 – April 11, 1992) was an American poet and writer. Writing career Merriam's first book was the 1946 ''Family Circle'', which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. Her book, ''The Inner City Mother Goose'', was described ...

and

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