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Born March 14, 1931 • Havana • Cuba
Died January 5, 2005 (aged 73) • Northampton • Massachusetts
Notable Works “El escudo de hojas secas” • “The Repeating Island” • “Tute de reyes”
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
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Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
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Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
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Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
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Daína Chaviano
Cuban author
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Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban writer
Carlos Fuentes
Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Peruvian novelist
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Rosario Castellanos
Mexican writer
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Tomás Eloy Martínez
Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator
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Mario Benedetti
Uruguayan writer
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Agustín Yáñez
Mexican writer and statesman
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Julio Ramón Ribeyro
Peruvian writer
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Eduardo Mallea
Argentine writer
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Rufino Blanco-Fombona
Venezuelan writer
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
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Alejo Carpentier
Cuban author
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Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
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Lydia Cabrera
Cuban author and ethnologist