List of Cuban writers
A list of Cuban writers, including novelists, poets, and critics: Cuban authors and writers have influenced and shaped the history of the world. Throughout the years many of their contributions have caused radical shifts: from social movements to global perspectives in the Americas and beyond.[1][2][3][4]
A
- Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), poet
- 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
- Agustín Blazquez (1944-2022), writer, born in Cadenas Cuba, active in United States, Artist, videographer and known for his original ancient Egyptian Art
- Joaquín Badajoz (born 1972), poet and writer
- Gastón Baquero (1916–1997), poet and writer
- Miguel Barnet, anthropologist and testimonialist
- Antonio Benítez-Rojo (1931–2005), 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
- Julián del Casal, 19th-century poet
- Fidel Castro (1926–2016), former President of Cuba
- Daniel Chavarria, Uruguyan-born author
- Daína Chaviano, novelist and short-story writer
- Enrique Cirules (1938–2016), novelist and essayist
- Domitila García de Coronado (1847–1938), writer, journalist, editor, professor
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 (1930–2019), 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
- Georgina Herrera (1936–2021), poet
L
- Carilda Oliver Labra (1922–2018), poet
- José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), novelist and poet, author of Paradiso
- Eduardo del Llano (born 1962)
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
- 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
- Dolan Mor (born 1968)
- Manuel Maria Mustelier (1878–1941), writer and teacher
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
- Gustavo Pérez Firmat (born 1949), poet, memoirist, literary critic
- 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 and lexicographer
- José Ignacio Rivero (1920–2011), exile journalist
- Raúl Rivero (1945–2021), dissident poet and journalist
- Antonio Rodríguez Salvador (born 1960), poet, fiction writer, dramatist and essayist
Isel Rivero (born in 1941 in Havana, Cuba.) poet in exile 1963,
S
- Pedro Pérez Sarduy (born 1943), poet, novelist and journalist
- Severo Sarduy (1937–1993), neobaroque poet
- Ana María Simo, playwright, essayist and lesbian activist
U
- Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1874), poet
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
See also
References
- Krauze, Enrique (2011). "Part 1: José Martí: The Martyrdom of the Liberator". In Duggan, Tim; Heifetz, Hank (eds.). Redeemers: Ideas and power in Latin America. Transl. by Nathasha Wimmer and Hank Heifetz. HarperCollins. pp. 3–22. ISBN 0066214734.
- Belnap, Jeffrey Grant; Fernandez, Raul A. (1998). José Martí's "Our America": from national to hemispheric cultural studies. Duke University Press. p. 3. ISBN 9780822322658.
- Richard B. Gray (1963). "Jose Marti and Social Revolution in Cuba". Journal of Inter-American Studies. University of Miami. 5 (2): 249–256. doi:10.2307/164812. ISSN 0885-3118. JSTOR 164812.
- Russell H. Fitzgibbon (1961). "The Revolution Next Door: Cuba". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 334 (1): 113–22. doi:10.1177/000271626133400113. JSTOR 1034593. S2CID 146136814.
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