Name | Year of birth/death | Portrait | Notes |
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Agustin Blazquez | 1944–2022 | Author of THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR: Partial Autobiography. Travel Chronicles. Dreams. Fantasies.
2023 publisher/imprint Penny-a-Page Press A collection of his essays was published in collaboration with Carlos Wotzkow by Alexandria Library under the Title Cubriendo y Descubriendo/Covering and Discovering (2001). He also did the English Translation for Luise Grave de Peralta Morel’s The Mafia of Havana: The Cuban Cosa Nostra (2002). | |
Luis Senarens | 1865–1939 | The most popular American science fiction writer of the late 19th century, widely known as "the American Jules Verne." | |
Alex Abella | 1950– | Mystery/crime novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist | |
Iván Acosta | Playwright; works include El Super (movie version 1979) and Un cubiche en la luna (1989)[1] | ||
Mercedes de Acosta | 1893–1968 | ||
Robert Arellano | 1969– | Novelist; works include Havana Lunar (2010 Edgar Award finalist) and Havana Libre (2017). | |
Reinaldo Arenas[2] | 1943–1990 | ||
René Ariza | 1940–1994 | ||
Octavio Armand | 1946– | Poet[1] | |
Joaquín Badajoz | 1972– | Poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member) | |
Jesús J. Barquet[3] | |||
José Barreiro[4] | 1948– | ||
Ruth Behar[5] | 1956– | ||
Juana Borrero[6] | 1877–1896 | Poet | |
Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros[7] | 1803–1866 | ||
Richard Blanco[4] | 1968– | American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer | |
Rafael Campo[2] | 1964– | Physician and author | |
Yanitzia Canetti | 1967– | ||
Alejo Carpentier | 1904–1980 | ||
Lourdes Casal | 1938–1981 | Poet[1] | |
Sandra M. Castillo[4] | Poet | ||
Carlota Caulfield | Poet, academic, author of A Mapmaker’s Diary, Ticket to Ride, At the Paper Gates with Burning Desire. | ||
Daína Chaviano | 1957– | Novelist, poet, and award-winning novelist of Azorín Prize for Best Novel (Spain), among other international awards. | |
Migdia Chinea-Varela | 1971– | ||
Rene Cifuentes[3] | |||
Miguel Correa[3] | |||
Nilo Cruz | 1960– | Playwright[2] | |
Silvia Curbelo | 1955– [4] | ||
Belkis Cuza Malé[6] | 1942– | ||
Frederick A. de Armas | 1945– | Literary scholar and novelist; novels include El abra del Yumurí (2016), Sinfonía Salvaje (2019) | |
Miguel A. De La Torre | 1958– | ||
Carmen Agra Deedy | |||
Pura del Prado[6] | 1931–1996[8] | ||
Carlos Eire | 1950– | Memoirist[2] | |
Margarita Engle[5] | 1951– | ||
Frank Fernández | 1934– | ||
Roberto G. Fernández[2] | 1951– | ||
Eugenio Florit[6] | 1903–1999 | ||
María Irene Fornés | 1930–2018 | ||
Paula Fox | 1923–2017 | ||
Carlos Franqui | 1921–2010 | ||
Cristina García[2] | 1958– | ||
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera[2] | 1949– | ||
Miguel Garcia Ramos[3] | |||
Valentina L. Garza | |||
Jorge Enrique González Pacheco | 1969– | Poet | |
Ibis Gómez-Vega | 1952– | Novelist | |
Celedonio González | Novelist; works include Los primos (1971) and Los cuatro embajadores (1973)[1] | ||
Lillian Guerra | Historian; works include The Myth of José Martí: Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba (2005) and Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance, 1959-1971 (2012)[9] | ||
Jorge Guitart[4] | Poet | ||
Andrea O'Reilly Herrera[4] | Novelist, academic [1] | ||
Oscar Hijuelos[2] | 1951–2013 | ||
Daniel Iglesias Kennedy | 1950– | Novelist, academic, author of Esta tarde se pone el sol(2001) Espacio vacío (2003) El marmitón apacible (2006) among others. | |
Enrique Labrador Ruiz[6] | 1902–1991 | ||
Robert Lima | 1935– | Poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff | |
Melinda Lopez | Playwright[2] | ||
Eduardo Machado[2] | 1953– | ||
José Martí[2] | 1853–1895 | ||
Dionisio D. Martinez[4] | 1956– | ||
Pablo Medina | 1960– | Poet[1] | |
Ana Menéndez | 1970– | ||
Matías Montes Huidobro | 1931– | Novelist; works include Desterrados al fuego (1975)[1] | |
Gean Moreno | 1972– [4] | ||
Elías Miguel Muñoz | 1954– [4] | Poet and novelist, author of Crazy Love (1988) and The Greatest Performance (1991), as well as works in Spanish[1] | |
Victor Nickolich[10][circular reference] | 1951– | Non-fiction writer, historian and athlete. His works include The Lynx Book (2016)[11] and the Spanish version El Lince (2018)[12] | |
Anaïs Nin | 1903–1977 | ||
Lino Novás Calvo | 1903–1983 | Novelist; works include Maneras de contar (1970)[1] | |
Ana Rosa Núñez[6] | 1926–1999 | Poet, librarian | |
Achy Obejas[2] | 1956– | ||
Mirta Ojito[3] | |||
Herberto Padilla[6] | 1932–2000 | ||
Ricardo Pau-Llosa | 1954– | Poet[2] | |
Luis de la Paz[3] | |||
Manuel Pereiras García | 1950– | ||
Gustavo Pérez Firmat | 1949– | "Poet, memoirist, literary critic"[2] | |
Carlos Pintado | 1974– | Author, playwright and award-winning poet of Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry | |
Juana Rosa Pita[6] | 1939– | ||
Dolores Prida | 1943–2013 | Playwright; English-language works include those collected in Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays (1991)[1] | |
Jorge Reyes | 1972–2015 | ||
Beatriz Rivera[4] | Novelist | ||
Isel Rivero | Poet[1] | ||
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés[2] | Poet, academic [2] | ||
Enrique Sacerio-Garí | 1945– | Author of Poemas interreales, Para llegar a La Habana, and El mercado de la memoria | |
Antonio Sacre | 1968– | ||
José Sánchez-Boudy | Poet[1] | ||
Pedro Santacilia[7] | 1826–1910 | ||
Armando Simon | 1951– | Novelist-A Cuban from Kansas, Very Peculiar Stories, The Cult of Suicide and Other SciFi Stories. Dramatist-Conundrum, Pro Se, Carnada, Infidel! | |
Virgil Suárez | 1962– | Novelist, poet[2] | |
Piri Thomas | 1928–2011 | ||
Miguel Teurbe Tolón[7] | 1820–1857 | ||
Omar Torres | Novelist; works include Apenas un bolero (1981), Al partir (1986), and Fallen Angels Sing (1991)[1] | ||
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez | 1969– | ||
Roberto Valero[3] | |||
Félix Varela[6] | 1788–1853 | ||
Charlie Vázquez | 1971– | ||
Dan Vera | |||
Carlos Victoria[3] | |||
Cirilo Villaverde[7] | 1812–1894 | ||
Rubén Martínez Villena[6] | 1899–1934 | ||
José Yglesias[4] | 1919–1995 | ||
Juan Clemente Zenea[7] | 1832–1871 |