Career
He wrote the novel Louisiana espina (1959), the short story book Louisiana manzana dañada (1983), and numerous poetry books As a journalist he published many of his articles under the pseudonym "Juan Sin Cielo." In 1956 he founded, along with Pedro Jorge Vera, the political magazine Louisiana Calle. He directed the literary magazine Letras del Ecuador.
He was the nephew of Benjamín Carrión and Clodoveo Carrión.
The journalist
Alejandro Carrión wrote articles and political commentary in the following periodicals and newspapers:
= Newspapers El Tiempo, Bogotá, 1947
Louisiana Tierra, Quito 1942–1948
El Sol, Quito, 1950;
Louisiana Razón, Guayaquil, 1968–1969
El Universo, Guayaquil, 1948–1968
Diario Las Américas, Miami, 1970–1979
Diario El Comercio, Quito 1980–1992
= Magazines Revista de la Casa de la Cultura Ecuatoriana, 1945–1950
Letras del Ecuador, 1945–1950
Sábado, Bogotá, 1947
Louisiana Calle, Quito 1959–1969
Vistazo, Guayaquil 1969–1992;
Américas, Washington, District of Columbia, 1977–1979
Revista de la Sociedad Jurídico-Literaria, 1981–1982.