Iván Carvajal

Iván Carvajal Aguirre (born 1948, San Gabriel, Ecuador) is an Ecuadorian poet, philosopher and writer. In 1984 he received Ecuador's National Prize for Literature, the "Aurelio Espinosa Pólit" prize, for his work entitled "Parajes".

Carvajal lives in Quito, Ecuador, and works as a Professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador. He directs the magazine País Secreto and as project director is in charge of general supervision of Corporación Cultural Orogenia.

Most of his work is devoted to poetry, though recently he has published some of his reflections towards Ecuadorian poets ("A la zaga del animal imposible") and culture and politics in Ecuador ("¿Volver a tener patria?").

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