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Born December 19, 1910 • Havana • Cuba
Died August 9, 1976 (aged 65) • Havana • Cuba
Notable Works “Enemigo rumor” • “Paradiso”

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Cuban writer
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Cuban patriot
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Brazilian poet and critic
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German author
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Carlos Fuentes
Mexican writer and diplomat
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American editor and writer
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English poet
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Argentine poet
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Chilean writer
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Dutch writer and critic
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Cuban writer
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Cuban writer
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Cuban author
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Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
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Cuban writer
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D.H. Lawrence
English writer
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Charles Baudelaire
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