Pen name Raul Andrade Occupation Writer | Nationality Ecuadorian Name Raul Moscoso | |
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Died September 10, 1983 (1983-09-11) (aged 77)
Quito, Ecuador Notable works cronicas de otros lunes. barcos de papel. claraboya. vinetas del mentidero. Notable awards Premio Eugenio Espejo (1983) | ||
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.
He was awarded the Ecuadorian National Prize of Culture "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in 1983.