Francisco Diaz-Silveira

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Francisco Diaz-Silveira
Born February 4, 1871
Havana, Cuba
Died February 16, 1925
Havana, Cuba

Francisco Diaz-Silveira (February 4, 1871 in Havana, Cuba - February 16, 1925 in Havana, Cuba) was a well known Cuban journalist, writer and poet.

When he was thirteen years old he emigrated to Key West, Florida with its family for political reasons. For a time he was a cigar worker. He was secretary of the Club San Carlos in Key West. During the Cuban War of 1895, he returned to Cuba in the expedition of Carlos Roloff and Serafíín Sanchez. He was the Representative of the western Cuba in the Assembly of Jimaguayú and head of office of the Ministry of the Interior. He was eventually promoted to rank of colonel in the cavalry.

He comprised of the part of the writing staff of La Nacion (1898-1899) from Mapos, Sancti Spíritus (the Villas). In 1912, he became co-editor with Carvallo Miyeres the weekly paper El Teatro, which in the following year he became the sole editor and renamed it Universal.

During this same period he carried out diverse public positions, to which he soon resigned due to political differences. Later, persuaded by friends and ex-combatants, he returned to the public life and he held administrative positions within the municipality of Havana.

He collaborated in various magazines and newspapers such as El Yara, La Discusion, El Figaro, Cuba y America, Azul y Rojo, and Letras.He translated works such as Carducci and Lord Byron among other authors.

[edit] Family life

He was married to Dolores Lopez and had five children, Elena, Carlos, Lydia, Olga and Francisco Diaz-Silviera Lopez.

[edit] References

  • Directorio Social de la Habana 1948 (Havana, Cuba:P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C., 1948) (Spanish)
  • Bibloteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes bio (Spanish)
  • Fugitivas, Esteban Borrero Echeverría (Havana, Cuba: Imp. El Comercio, 1901) (Spanish)
  • El Poeta de la Guerra, Miguel Ángel Carbonell (Havana, Cuba: Editorial Guáimaro, 1938) (Spanish)


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NAME Diaz-Silveira, Francisco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Cuban journalist, writer and poet
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Havana, Cuba
DATE OF DEATH February 16, 1925
PLACE OF DEATH Havana, Cuba