The Jorge Carrera Andrade Award (Spanish: Premio Jorge Carrera Andrade) is a literary award given by the Municipality of Quito, Ecuador to the best poetry book published during the year.
[1] It is awarded simultaneously with the Joaquín Gallegos Lara National Fiction Prize, on 1 December of each year.
This happens in commemoration of the Day of Quito Interculturality, which takes place as part of the city's founding celebrations.
[2][3] The winners receive a statuette called "Rumiñahui de Oro" (Golden Rumiñawi).
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