Carrera Andrade, Jorge (1903–1978)

Ecuadorean poet and diplomat who helped to found the Ecuadorean Socialist Party in 1926. His first poetry collection, Estanque inefable/Ineffable Pond (1922), consisted of mostly rural poems. In the course of his diplomatic career he held positions in Europe, Japan, and South America. His travels influenced his writing as evidenced by his adaptation of the Japanese haiku verse form into Spanish. Translations of his poems include Selected Poems (1972).