Néstor Carbonell Rivero

Cuban writer, historian, and lawyer who collaborated in various publications of his time. He cultivated academic oratory. He disseminated the ideology of José Martí.

He was born in Alquízar, Cuba and in 1887 emigrated with his family to the United States. He received his primary education from his father, Néstor Leonelo Carbonell. He returned to Cuba and studied secondary education at the Instituto de Pinar del Río. Later he obtained the degree of Doctor in Public Law from the Universidad de La Habana.

He was ambassador of Cuba to Argentina and Peru and minister to Argentina, Chile, and Colombia. He held the positions of Special Inspector in the Department of Public Instruction and director of the Pan American Office of the State Department. Member of the Academia de la Historia de Cuba, the Academia Nacional de Artes y Letras, the Academia Cubana de la Lengua, and several Latin American institutions.

He founded the journals "Letras" and "Don Pepe," the latter for children. He also collaborated in El Mundo and "La Unión Española." He founded the "Biblioteca Cubana" editions. He published some works of a historical nature in collaboration with Emeterio Santovenia.

He cultivated academic oratory. He was a scholar of the work of José Martí. He used the pseudonyms Leonel, X, Tartaria, and Carlos de Yolanda.

Active Bibliography
Martí: his life and his work. I. Oration delivered on February 23, 1911, at the Ateneo de La Habana. La Habana, Imp. y Papelería de Rambla y Bouza, 1911. |
Martí; his life and his work. The poet. II. Lecture delivered on Sunday, February 23, 1913 in the halls of the Ateneo de La Habana. La Habana, Seoane y Fernández, 1913|
Próceres. Biographical essays. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1919; La Habana, Montalvo y Cárdenas, 1928.
Martí, his life and his work. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1923.
Oratorical Prose. La Habana, Editorial Guáimaro, 1926
The International American Conferences. La Habana, Montalvo y Cárdenas, 1928. *José Martí: apostle, hero and martyr. Oration delivered at the Instituto Popular de Conferencias, banquet hall of "La Prensa," on June 16, 1933. Buenos Aires, Julio Suárez, editor, 1933.
Eulogy of Colonel Fernando Figueredo Socarrás. Read by [...] at the solemn session held on the evening of July 11, 1935. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1935.
Summary of a Heroic Life. Discourse read by [...] at the public session held on June 13, 1945. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1945.
A Chapter from Martí's Autobiography. Discourse read by [...] at the public session held on January 26, 1946, commemorating the birth of José Martí, La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1946.
General Ramón Leocadio Bonachea. Discourse read by [...] at the public session held on April 11, 1947. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1947.
On a Great Life. Discourse read at the solemn session held on October 10, 1948. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1948.
Martí: his final days. Discourse read at the solemn session held on May 19, 1950. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1950.
Martí: flesh and spirit. Vol. 1. La Habana, Seoane, Fernández, 1951; Id., 1952, 2 vols.
Eulogy of Mr. Gerardo Castellanos García. Read by [...] at the solemn session held on February 22, 1957. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1957.
Tampa: cradle of the Cuban Revolutionary Party. Discourse read by [...] at the solemn opening session of the Academic Year 1957-1958 on October 9, 1957. La Habana, Imp. El Siglo XX, 1957.
The Marquis. Marginal Notes on a Great Life. La Habana, Sociedad Colombista Panamericana. Depto. de Imprenta, 1958.