List of Cuban writers
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A list of Cuban writers, including novelists, poets, and critics:
- Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990), openly gay poet, novelist, and playwright, author of Antes que anochezca
- Silvestre de Balboa y Troya de Quesada, (1563-1649), author of Espejo de Paciencia (1608), first known Cuban narrative poem
- Miguel Barnet, anthropologist and testimonialist
- Antonio Benitez-Rojo (1931-), author and critic
- Pedro Luis Boitel (1931-1972), poet and dissident
- Mariano Brull (1891-1956), postmodern poet
- Lydia Cabrera (1899-1991), anthropologist and poet
- Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929-2005), novelist, author of Tres tristes tigres
- Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980), novelist, author of El reino de este mundo
- Julián del Casal, 19th century poet
- Ernesto Juan Castellanos (1963-), English translator, journalist, and author of Los Beatles en Cuba: Un viaje mágico y misterioso , El sargento Pimienta vino a Cuba en un submarino amarillo , La guerra se acaba - si tú quieres, and John Lennon en La Habana with a little help from my friends
- Daniel Chavarria, Uruguyan-born author
- Daína Chaviano, novelist and short-story writer
- Enrique Cirules (1938- ),novelist and essayist,author of El Imperio de La Habana
- Edmundo Desnoes, novelist, author of Memorias del Subdesarrollo
- Jesús Díaz (1941-2002), novelist, filmmaker, and intellectual, founder of the influential cultural magazine Encuentro
- Eliseo Diego (1920-1996), poet
- Eliseo Alberto Diego, novelist, son of Eliseo Diego (above)
- Norberto Fuentes (1943-), author and journalist
- Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814-1873), novelist, playwright, and poet, author of Sab (1842) and Baltasar (1858)
- Nicolás Guillén (1902-1989), Afro-Cuban poet
- Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (1950-) "dirty realist" novelist, poet, and painter
- José María Heredia y Heredia (1803-1839), poet
- Carilda Oliver Labra (1924-), poet.
- José Lezama Lima (1910-1976), novelist and poet, author of Paraíso
- Dulce María Loynaz (1902-1997), poet
- Roberto Manzano, poet, and graphic designer. Born in Ciego de Ávila, septembre 20, 1949.
- José Martí (1853-1895), poet, journalist, critic, translator, and patriot
- Nancy Morejón (1944-), Afro-Cuban poet
- Juan Cristobal Napoles Fajardo (1829-1862?), writer of Siboneyista poetry
- Heberto Padilla (1932-2000), poet
- Leonardo Padura Fuentes (1955-), novelist and journalist
- Virgilio Piñera (1912-1979), author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist
- Caridad Piñeiro (1958 - ), author of paranormals, romances, women's fiction and more Official Site
- José Ignacio Rivero (1920-), exile journalist
- Raúl Rivero (1945-), dissident poet and journalist
- Severo Sarduy (1937-1993), neobaroque poet
- Ana María Simo, playwright, essayist and lesbian activist.
- Gabriel de la Concepción Valdez (1809-1844), soldier and poet, author of “Plegaria a Dios”
- Zoé Valdés (1959-), novelist
- Amir Valle (1967- ), journalist and novelist
- Cirilio Villaverde, novelist, author of Cecilia Valdes (1882)
- Héctor Zumbado, writer, journalist, humorist, and critic
