List of Cuban American writers
This is a list of the most notable Cuban American writers.
List
- Iván Acosta, playwright, works include El Super (movie version 1979) and Un cubiche en la luna (1989)[1]
- Mercedes de Acosta
- Reinaldo Arenas
- Octavio Armand, poet[1]
- Joaquín Badajoz, poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member)
- Ruth Behar
- Lourdes Casal, poet[1]
- Migdia Chinea-Varela
- Jennine Capó Crucet
- Nilo Cruz
- Carmen Agra Deedy
- Miguel A. De La Torre
- Carlos Eire
- Frank Fernández
- Roberto G. Fernández
- Sean Ferrer, author (son of actors Audrey Hepburn and Mel Ferrer)
- María Irene Fornés
- Paula Fox
- Cristina García
- Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
- Celedonio González, novelist; works include Los primos (1971) and Los cuatro embajadores (1973)[1]
- Evelio Grillo
- Juan Gerardo Hernandez, author ( books Cuban, That's All and More Cuban, That's All)
- Oscar Hijuelos
- Robert Lima, poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff
- Eduardo Machado
- Luisa Marina Perdigó, poet, literary critic, professor
- Alex Abella, mystery/crime novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist
- José Martí
- Pablo Medina, poet[1]
- Ana Menéndez
- Matías Montes Huidobro, novelist; works include Desterrados al fuego (1975)[1]
- Elías Miguel Muñoz, poet and novelist, author of Crazy Love (1988) and The Greatest Performance (1991), as well as works in Spanish[1]
- Anaïs Nin
- Lino Novás Calvo, novelist; works include Maneras de contar (1970)[1]
- Achy Obejas
- Dolores Prida, playwright; English-language works include those collected in Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays (1991)[1]
- Jorge Reyes
- Andrés Rivero
- Isel Rivero, poet[1]
- Antonio Sacre
- José Sánchez-Boudy, poet[1]
- Armando Simon, playwright, short-story writer, scientist
- Virgil Suárez
- Piri Thomas
- Omar Torres, novelist; works include Apenas un bolero (1981), Al partir (novel) (1986), and Fallen Angels Sing (1991)[1]
- Carmelita Tropicana
- Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
- Charlie Vázquez
- José Yglesias
- Julie De Grandy
See also
Julie De Grandy
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
External references
- Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.