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Born May 20, 1900 • Havana • Cuba
Died September 19, 1991 (aged 91) • Miami • Florida
Subjects Of Study folk tale • Afro-Cuban • Lucumí language • Santería
Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
Antonio Benítez Rojo
Cuban writer
Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
Daína Chaviano
Cuban author
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Alejo Carpentier
Cuban author
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
Heberto Padilla
Cuban poet
Nicolás Guillén
Cuban poet
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban writer
Cintio Vitier
Cuban writer
Julián del Casal
Cuban poet
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez
Colombian author
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Argentine author
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Roberto Bolaño
Chilean author
Isabel Allende
Isabel Allende
Chilean-American author