Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Carrera Andrade, Jorge
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Carrera Andrade, Jorge, 1903-1978
Other form(s) of name
- Jorge Carrera Andrade
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1903-1978
History
Jorge Carrera Andrade was a poet from Ecuador. He went to law school but was more interested in poetry. He had an early interest in leftist politics. During this period of correspondence with Merton, he served as ambassador to France and to Venezuela. He served as ambassador to a number of other nations during his life. Merton liked his poems and translated at least six of them into English. (Source: "Carrera Andrade, Jorge." World Authors. 1996. Wilson Biographies Plus. Online. H.W. Wilson. Bellarmine University Library, Louisville, KY. 20 Oct. 2005. ‹http://vnweb.hwwilsonweb.com›.)