Julio Pazos Barrera (Baños, 18 August 1944)[1][2] is a poet, writer, teacher, and cook.

He is the editor-in-chief of the magazine Letras del Ecuador (Letters from Ecuador) published by the Ecuadorian House of Culture, and editor-in-chief of the magazine América.

[3] He is a member of the Ecuadorian Academy of Language.

He was awarded Ecuador's National Prize in Literature "Premio Eugenio Espejo" in 2010 by the President of Ecuador.

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