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Born March 14, 1931 • Havana • Cuba
Died January 5, 2005 (aged 73) • Northampton • Massachusetts
Notable Works “El escudo de hojas secas” • “The Repeating Island” • “Tute de reyes”
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
Daína Chaviano
Cuban author
Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer
Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
Mario Benedetti
Uruguayan writer
Agustín Yáñez
Mexican writer and statesman
Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Peruvian writer
Bryce Echenique, Alfredo
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Peruvian novelist
Eduardo Mallea
Argentine writer
Rufino Blanco-Fombona
Venezuelan writer
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Alejo Carpentier
Cuban author
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
Lydia Cabrera
Cuban author and ethnologist