Agustín Acosta Bello
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He is one of the most celebrated Cuban writers of the twentieth century
Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez
Aprendiz
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He was born in San Antonio de los Baños, province of La Habana, Cuba
José Julián Martí Pérez
Apóstol de la Independencia de Cuba
José Julián Martí Pérez was born on Paula Street No
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes de Borja
Padre de la Patria
Considered by Cubans the Father of the Homeland
Cintio Vitier Bolaños
Cintio Vitier was a prominent Cuban poet, narrator, essayist, and critic
Angel Arango
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He studied in his native city, including his high school diploma at the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de La Habana
Félix Benjamín Caignet Salomón
Félix B. Caignet
He was born in the town of Santa Rita de Burenes, San Luis, in the Santiago region
Miguel Barnet Lanza
From a very young age, he became linked to leading figures in Cuban ethnology such as Argeliers León and Isaac Barreal
José María Heredia
Poeta nacional, Poeta del Niágara
Heredia was and is called the "national poet" of Cuba, although in reality he lived almost his entire life away from his beloved Island
Guillermo Rodríguez Rivera
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Professor, novelist essayist and poet
José María Andrés Fernando Lezama Lima
Lezama Lima
Cuban poet, narrator and essayist, he is one of the most significant writers of Latin American literature of the present century
Juan Evangelista Valdés Veitía
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Distinguished barber, poet, journalist and revolutionary
Antón Arrufat Mrad
His demeanor resembles the stereotype of a Catholic seminarian, with that ecstatic bearing of exasperating self-sufficiency
Esteban Salas Castro
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Composer, instrumentalist, singer, poet
Reinaldo Arenas Fuentes
Cuban novelist whose early work was part of the Latin American boom narrative, and whose latest productions are a painful and satirical testimony of his life, as in Before Night Falls (1992)
Samuel Feijoó Rodríguez
He was born in San Juan de las Yeras
Nara Mansur Cao
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Poet, author of materials for the stage, theater critic, editor, and cultural promoter
Rubén Agnelio Martínez Villena
Cuban fighter and revolutionary intellectual
Roberto Ruiz Rebó
El cantor de “Los Sueños Azules y las cosas cotidianas”
Words flow deliciously and dissolve within the cadenced music that, to the rhythm of guitars and percussion, are introduced by a flute that enchants with its soft and sensual melody
Adolfo P. Utrera
He was the eldest of ten siblings and very soon had to face life since his father died in 1922
José Joaquín Lorenzo Luaces
Poet and playwright
Enrique Labrador Ruiz
He was born on May 11, 1902 in Sagua la Grande, province of Las Villas, and died on November 10, 1991, in Miami
Antonio Sellén
Antonio Sellén published a single book of verses in 1864, when he was twenty-six years old, and titled it Poesías
Juan Francisco Calcagno Monzón
Francisco Calcagno
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Pedagogue, journalist, translator, anthologist, lecturer, biographer, essayist, poet and, above all, prolific Cuban novelist
Emilio Bacardí Moreau
Born in Santiago de Cuba, he was the son of Facundo Bacardí y Massó, a merchant of Catalan origin who would create the important spirits company Ron Bacardí —of which Emilio and his brothers were ...
Lorenzo García Vega
Cult author and creator of one of the most unclassifiable works in Cuban literature, his influence reaches the youngest writers of the Island
Luis Victoriano Betancourt Salgado
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A lawyer, poet, journalist, and writer, he represented the west in the Chamber of Representatives of the Republic in Arms, and his presence was linked to more than one controversial event of ...
Ramón Rubiera Pastrana
Born in Los Palos, municipality of Nueva Paz, province of La Habana, a poet and journalist, narrator, art critic and publicist who served as Editor-in-Chief of the local magazines "Alborada" and "Bohemia".
He ...
Rafael Alcides Pérez
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He was born in Bayamo, Granma
Raúl Morales García
Raúl Morales del Cascorro
Cuban writer with an extensive body of work (Trees Without Roots, A Dove for Graciela, The Best Fruit)
Manuel Navarro Luna
Cuban poet and journalist, representative of the avant-garde movement of the 1930s
Nicolás Heredia
Cesar de Hinolia, Mostaza, El emigrado, Rodrigo Ruiz, El Caballero Bayardo, Luis Villarena, Marabut, Porfirio, Nemo, Bibelot, N.H.
Born in Baní, Santo Domingo
Pedro Antonio Santacilia Palacios
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He lived most of his life abroad
Gabriel de la Concepción Valdés
Plácido
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Cuban poet, part of the poetic triad par excellence of the first Cuban romanticism, alongside José María Heredia and José Jacinto Milanés
Raúl Ferrer Pérez
Cuban pedagogue and poet, symbol of the Literacy Campaign and adult education
José Joaquín Palma Lasso de la Vega
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Poet, educator, patriot, guardian of justice and youth who strived to create a solid foundation from which the young people of tomorrow could achieve a prosperous future
Serafín Sánchez Valdivia
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Cuban patriot born in the former province of Las Villas
José Manuel Carbonell Rivero
Tampa, Cacarajicara, Gerardo de Lavernier, René de Roban
Born in Alquízar, La Habana
Francisco de Oraá Carratalá
He was born in La Habana
Adolfo Alfonso Fernández
Adolfo Alfonso is considered one of the best decimistas that Cuba has had
Juan Antonio Alfonso Roque
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He is head of the cultural section of the Provincial Newspaper 5 de Septiembre, and also serves as an adjunct professor in the Social Communication program at the University of Cienfuegos
Ada Elba Pérez Rodríguez
Guajirita deslumbrada
She was born in Jarahueca, province of Sancti Spíritus
Enrique Serpa Filis
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Outstanding Cuban narrator, poet, and journalist
Ernesto Fernández Arrondo
Cuban poet and journalist
Jesús Orta Ruiz
El Indio Naborí, Jesús Ribona, Juan Criollo, Martín de la Hoz.
Cuban poet, journalist, and literary researcher
Julián del Casal de la Lastra
Julián del Casal y de la Lastra was a Cuban poet and writer and one of the greatest exponents of modernism in Latin America
He was born in La Habana, son of Julián del Casal y Ugareda, a native of Vizcaya, ...
Andrés Núñez Olano
Cuban journalist and poet
José Zacarías Tallet
José Zacarías Tallet, intimate friend and brother-in-law of Rubén Martínez Villena
