Enrique José Varona

Enrique José Varona (1848 in Puerto Principe, Cuba – November 13, 1933 in Havana) was a Cuban author.

He was educated in Puerto Principe, and began his literary career in 1864 as a contributor to reviews. In 1874, he moved to Havana, dividing his time between teaching and journalism. In 1885 he was elected representative for Puerto Principe in the Spanish Cortes. In 1885 he founded the Revista Cubana, a literary, scientific, and philosophical review.

Works

• Odas Anacreónticas (Puerto Principe, 1868)
• Poesías (Havana, 1878)
• Paisajes Cubanos (1879)
• Conferencias filosóficas: Lógica (1880)
• Conferencias filosóficas: Psicología (1881)
• Estudios literarios y filosóficos (1883)
• Seis Conferencias (Barcelona, 1887)

His Lógica has been translated into French.

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References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John, eds. (1889). "Varona, Enrique José". Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.