Alberto Ordoñez Ortíz (Cuenca, March 16, 1942 – Ibidem, August 29, 2022) was an Ecuadorian poet, writer, and lawyer. During the last years of his life he worked as an opinion columnist for the daily El Mercurio of Cuenca. From 1962 – 2004 he published at least 10 poetry books. As a poet, he won various awards, including First Prize in the 1963 National Poetry Contest sponsored by the State University of Cuenca, Second Prize in the 1978 Ismael Pérez Pazmiño Poetry Contest for Perfil del hombre y su desvelo, and the First Prizes in the 1992 Poetry Contests promoted by the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute of Ecuador. In 2003, the Municipality of Cuenca awarded him the “Fray Vicente Solano” Award, an award given to the best poet of the year in Cuenca, and in that same year, the National Congress of Ecuador awarded him the “Vicente Rocafuerte” Prize, in recognition of his literary work and contribution to Ecuadorian poetry.
Awards and recognitions
- 1963: First Prize in the National Poetry Contest sponsored by the State University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
- 1978: Second Prize in the National Poetry Contest “Ismael Pérez Pazmiño”, sponsored by the newspaper “El Universo” of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
- 1992: he obtained the First Prizes in the Poetry Contests promoted by the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute of Ecuador.
- 2003: the Municipality of Cuenca awarded him the “Fray Vicente Solano” Award, an award given to who is considered the best Cuenca poet of the respective year.
- 2003: the National Congress of Ecuador awarded him the “Vicente Rocafuerte” Prize, in recognition of his literary work and contribution to Ecuadorian poetry.
Works
- Voz de la angustia (1962)
- Los tatuajes del viento (1975)
- Velorio de Dios (1979)
- El Inquilino de la soledad (1984)
- Las llaves impares (1986)
- La llama repetida (1988)
- Cuentalluvias (1995)
- Una golondrina si hace verano (2003)
- La Aguja del pajar (2004)
- Tañido de mariposas (2004)