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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

Emilio Bacardi Moreau (1844–1822), poet, writer, playwright, and patriot
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
Jorge Armando Pérez (born 1961), writer, theologian, fiction
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

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

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. 5 (2). University of Miami: 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. 334 (1). Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science: 113–22. doi:10.1177/000271626133400113. JSTOR 1034593. S2CID 146136814.

[1] 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.

[Marti-2] 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.

[3] Richard B. Gray (1963). "Jose Marti and Social Revolution in Cuba". Journal of Inter-American Studies. 5 (2). University of Miami: 249–256. doi:10.2307/164812. ISSN 0885-3118. JSTOR 164812.

[4] Russell H. Fitzgibbon (1961). "The Revolution Next Door: Cuba". The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. 334 (1). Sage Publications, Inc. in association with the American Academy of Political and Social Science: 113–22. doi:10.1177/000271626133400113. JSTOR 1034593. S2CID 146136814.

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