List of Cuban-American writers
Thirteen poetry books published, a short story book and seven anthologies for her group Conversing Through Poetry.
| Name | Year of birth/death | Portrait | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 
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| 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– | 
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| 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 | 
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| 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 | .jpg.webp)
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| Paula Fox | 1923–2017 | ||
| Carlos Franqui | 1921–2010 | 
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| 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] | ||
| Jorge Guitart[4] | Poet | ||
| Andrea O'Reilly Herrera[4] | Novelist, academic | ||
| 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 | 
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| 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[9] | 1951– | 
| Non-fiction writer, historian and athlete. His works include The Lynx Book (2016)[10] and the Spanish version El Lince (2018)[11] |
| Anaïs Nin | 1903–1977 | 
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| 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– | ||
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Julie Ann I. Pujol Karel (Julie Pujol Karel) | 1943-2013
1944 |
Conversing Through Poetry | 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 | ||
| 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 | 
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| 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 | 
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| Charlie Vázquez | 1971– | ||
| Dan Vera | |||
| Carlos Victoria[3] | |||
| Cirilo Villaverde[7] | 1812–1894 | ||
| Rubén Martínez Villena[6] | 1899–1934 | 
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| José Yglesias[4] | 1919–1995 | ||
| Juan Clemente Zenea[7] | 1832–1871 |
See also
References
- Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
- Ortíz 2013.
- Donaldo W. Urioste; et al. (2017). Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7549-2.
- Suárez 1996.
- Álvarez Borland 1998.
- Hospital 1996.
- Lazo 2005.
- Vicki L. Ruiz; Virginia Sánchez Korrol, eds. (2006). Latinas in the United States: a Historical Encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-11169-2.
- Nickolich, Victor. "The Lynx Book".
- Nickolich, Victor (2016). The Lynx. Shreiber Press. p. 322. ISBN 978-0997979930.
- Nickolich, Victor (2018). El Lince. Shreiber Press. p. 412. ISBN 978-0997979947.
Bibliography
- Carolina Hospital; Jorge Cantera, eds. (1996). A Century of Cuban Writers in Florida: Selected Prose and Poetry. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 978-1-56164-104-8. (Anthology; includes writer biographies)
- Virgil Suárez; Delia Poey, eds. (1996). Little Havana Blues: a Cuban-American Literature Anthology. Houston: Arte Público Press. ISBN 978-1-61192-207-3. (Anthology; includes writer biographies)
- Isabel Álvarez Borland (1998). Cuban–American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona. University of Virginia Press.
- Rodrigo Lazo (2005). Writing to Cuba: Filibustering and Cuban Exiles in the United States. Envisioning Cuba. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807829307.
- Ricardo L. Ortíz (2013). "Canons: Cuban-American Literature". In Suzanne Bost; Frances R. Aparicio (eds.). Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature. Routledge. pp. 413–422. ISBN 978-1-136-22160-6.
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