La noche oscura is a poetry book by Alejandro Carrión

Alejandro Carrión

Alejandro Carrión Aguirre was born in Loja, Ecuador. A poet, novelist and enthusiastic journalist, he published two important novels, La manzana dañada and La espina, many books of short stories, and numerous poetry books...

 first published by the Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana

Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana

La Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana is a cultural organization founded by Benjamín Carrión on August 9, 1944, during the presidency of Dr Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. It was created to stimulate, to direct and to coordinate the development of an authentic national culture. It maintains several...

 at the urging of the poet Jorge Carrera Andrade

Jorge Carrera Andrade

Jorge Carrera Andrade was an Ecuadorian poet, historian, author, and diplomat during the 20th century. He was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1902. He died in 1978...

, then vice-president. This book includes a complete version of the poem Tiniebla first published by the National University of Colombia

National University of Colombia

The Universidad Nacional de Colombia , also called UNAL or just UN, is a public, national, coeducational, research university, located primarily in Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales and Palmira, Colombia...

 thanks to the poet and novelist Jaime Ibáñez. Also included is the poem "Jonás" which Luis Cardoza y Aragón

Luis Cardoza y Aragón

Luis Cardoza y Aragón was a Guatemalan writer, essayist, poet, art critic, and diplomat born in Antigua Guatemala but who spent a good part of his life living in exile in Mexico....

 claimed to be one of his favorites. “Invitación a la fiesta de la tristeza” was first published in Ecuador 0.0.0, the poetry magazine of Alexander Finisterre. This book deserved an extensive critique by Matilde Elena Lopez

Matilde Elena López

Matilde Elena López was a Salvadoran poet, essayist, playwright and literary critic. Her most important works include “Masferrer, alto pensador de Centro América”, “Cartas a Grosa” and “La balada de Anastasio Aquino”....

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