Raúl Andrade Moscoso

Raúl Andrade Moscoso
Born	Raúl Andrade Moscoso October 4, 1905 Quito, Ecuador
Died	September 10, 1983 (1983-09-11) (aged 77) Quito, Ecuador
Pen name	Raúl Andrade
Occupation	Writer
Nationality	Ecuadorian
Notable works	cronicas de otros lunes. barcos de papel. claraboya. vinetas del mentidero.
Notable awards	Premio Eugenio Espejo (1983)
Spouse	Mireya Gándara Enríquez

Raúl Andrade Moscoso (October 4, 1905-September 10, 1983) was an Ecuadorian journalist and playwright.

Andrade traveled throughout Mexico and Colombia, where he worked as a journalist for El Tiempo (Bogota, Colombia), and published his book La internacional negra en Colombia (The Black International in Colombia), a collection of articles on the crisis in Colombia. He represented the Ecuadorian government in a number of countries. Because of his merits he received several decorations: "Al Merito" (Ecuador), "Orden de San Carlos" (Colombia), and "Comendador de la Orden de Leopoldo" (Belgium). As a dramatist, Andrade published Suburbio (The Outskirts), a romantic evocation on the suburbs of Quito.^[1]

He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize of Culture "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in 1983.^[2]

Works

• “Suburbio” (1931), a comedy in two acts
• “Cocktails”, a compilation of literary and political articles published in La Mañana and Zumbambico newspapers
• “Gobelinos de Niebla” (1937)
• “El Perfil de la Quimera”(1951)
• “La Internacional Negra en Colombia y otros ensayos” (1954)
• “Julio Andrade, Crónica de una Vida Heroica” (1962)

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