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List of Cuban writers

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A list of Cuban writers, including novelists, poets, and critics:

Contents

A

  • Mirta Aguirre (1912–1980), poet, novelist, and journalist
  • Magaly Alabau (born 1945), poet
  • Dora Alonso (1910–2001), author and journalist
  • Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990), openly gay poet, novelist, and playwright, author of Before Night Falls (Antes que anochezca)

    • B

  • Joaquín Badajoz (born 1972), poet and writer
  • Gastón Baquero (1916–1997), poet and writer
  • Miguel Barnet, anthropologist and testimonialist
  • Antonio Benítez-Rojo (born 1931), author and critic
  • Pedro Luis Boitel (1931–1972), poet and dissident
  • Mariano Brull (1891–1956), postmodern poet

    • C

  • Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991), anthropologist and poet
  • Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005), novelist, author of Tres tristes tigres, Cervantes Prize winner
  • Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914–1986), screenwriter and short fiction writer
  • Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), novelist, author of El reino de este mundo, Cervantes Prize winner
  • H. G. Carrillo (born 1960), author, professor
  • Julián del Casal, 19th-century poet
  • Fidel Castro (1926–2016), former President of Cuba
  • Ernesto Juan Castellanos (born 1963), English translator, journalist, and author of several books about The Beatles
  • Daniel Chavarria, Uruguyan-born author
  • Daína Chaviano, novelist and short-story writer
  • Enrique Cirules (born 1938), novelist and essayist
  • Manuel de la Cruz, author and journalist

    • D

  • Edmundo Desnoes, novelist, author of Memorias del Subdesarrollo
  • Jesús Díaz (1941–2002), novelist, filmmaker, and intellectual, founder of the influential cultural magazine Encuentro

    • E

  • Darío Espina Pérez (October 25, 1920–September 6, 1996), writer, founder and president of La Academia Poética de Miami

    • F

  • Samuel Feijóo (1914–1992), author
  • Roberto Fernández Retamar (born 1930), poet, essayist, and literary critic
  • Norberto Fuentes (born 1943), author and journalist

    • G

  • Michael John Garcés (born 1967), playwright and director.
  • Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), novelist, playwright, and poet, author of Sab (1842) and Baltasar (1858)
  • Justo González (born 1937), author and historian
  • Jorge Enrique González Pacheco (born 1969), poet and cultural entrepreneur
  • Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989), Afro-Cuban poet
  • Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (born 1950) "dirty realist" novelist, poet, and painter

    • H

  • José María Heredia y Heredia (1803–1839), poet

    • L

  • Carilda Oliver Labra (born 1924), poet
  • José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), novelist and poet, author of Paradiso

    • M

  • Jorge Mañach (1898–1961), writer
  • Juan Francisco Manzano (1797–1854), author and poet
  • Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), poet. Cervantes Prize winner
  • José Martí (1853–1895), poet, journalist, critic, translator, and patriot
  • Jocy Medina (1974) Erotic-poetic novel author, poet, blogger
  • Calixto Martínez, journalist and political prisoner
  • Rubén Martínez Villena, writer
  • Domingo del Monte (1804–1853), author and literary critic
  • Nancy Morejón (born 1944), Afro-Cuban poet

    • N

  • Victor Nickolich (born 1951), author and athlete

    • O

  • Fernando Ortiz (1881–1969), author and essayist
  • Lisandro Otero (1932–2008), novelist and journalist

    • P

  • Heberto Padilla (1932–2000), poet
  • Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955), novelist and journalist
  • Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954), poet
  • Regino Pedroso (1896–1983), poet
  • Virgilio Piñera (1912–1979), author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist
  • Carlos Pintado (born 1974), poet

    • R

  • Félix Ramos y Duarte (1848–1924), educator, textbook writer, lexicographer
  • José Ignacio Rivero (born 1920), exile journalist
  • Raúl Rivero (born 1945), dissident poet and journalist
  • Antonio Rodríguez Salvador (born 1960), poet, fiction writer, dramatist and essayist

    • S

  • Severo Sarduy (1937–1993), neobaroque poet
  • Ana María Simo, playwright, essayist and lesbian activist

    • V

  • Zoé Valdés (born 1959), novelist
  • Enrique José Varona (1848–1933), author and journalist
  • Cirilo Villaverde, novelist, author of Cecilia Valdés (1882)
  • Cintio Vitier (1921–2009), poet, essayist and novelist

    • Z

  • Juan Clemente Zenea (1832–1871), author and poet
  • Héctor Zumbado, writer, journalist, humorist, and critic

    • References

    List of Cuban writers Wikipedia
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