Ramiro Valdés Galarraga

Cuban professor and writer, considered one of the most thorough scholars of José Martí. A self-taught researcher who for many years reviewed page by page the Complete Works of Martí, annotating, classifying, and organizing his ideas in a unique book, "an instrument of particular utility".

He was born in La Habana. Self-taught education.

He worked as a professor of various specialties in pre-university institutes, technological institutes, and political studies centers. He was an editor at Editora Política and for 17 years held various positions in the Department of Revolutionary Guidance (DOR) of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba. Author of four books, three of them on Martian themes, with solid prominence in the knowledge and research of the life and work of the Cuban National Hero.

Publications
Dictionary of Martian Thought, (2002), published by Ciencias Sociales.
José Martí, his parents and his seven siblings 2004.
Three women in the life of José Martí.
Planet Earth: main geographical features 2004, Editorial Científico Técnica
In preparation: José Martí, selected letters.

His articles have appeared in different periodical publications in the country. For five years he was in charge of the "Check Uncovered" section in the newspaper Tribuna de la Habana

About his work

"Synthesizing the Martian idea was always a constant in my projects, but this idea was not easy to execute. The abundance of materials, the diversity of themes and the wide range of his philosophical, political and all kinds of approaches, made the ambitious task of a Martian synthesis truly arduous and delicate, one that could provide us with a kind of 'pocket Martí', or a 'Martí in hand'. But as I desired a more substantial title, I opted for Dictionary of Martian Thought, which, after all, was justified by its more than 1,558 epigraphs and 9,614 citations" — says Valdés Galárraga in the "Introduction", which the reader should not overlook for the best use of the pages they will consult.
Ramiro Valdés Galarraga
Interview

Someone asked me why I thought the book was so good and I told them: Very simple, because I didn't write that book. Martí wrote it. And because in a hundred years or a thousand, if man hasn't destroyed the planet, it will still be read.