Art and Literature

"Ask how the thirst of an Island is quenched": poet and journalist from Matanzas

Cuban playwright receives Mention at the Hispano-American Playwriting Award for New Childhoods 2026

Rubens Riol: a Cuban film critic in the classrooms of Princeton

Cuban writer and translator to Díaz-Canel: "Stop speaking for us."

Writer Daína Chaviano reveals her secret dream if Cuba changes: "To hunt ghosts!"

Cuban writer Julio Travieso passes away

From the Guajirito of Los Palos to the Critic in New York: The Story of Piter Ortega Núñez

Miami Book Fair celebrates its 40th anniversary

Cuban artist revives José Martí using artificial intelligence: "Tyrant Fidel, dark was your arrival"

Two Cuban writers awarded at the Florida Book Awards 2022

The Padilla Case: An Absurd Discussion

Vargas Llosa and Padura to headline the Escribidores Festival in Málaga

Vargas Llosa, the first member of the French Academy with a body of work exclusively in Spanish

Cuban-American writer Sergio Andricaín wins children's poetry award

Leonardo Padura's novel among the best books of 2022

Colombia, guest country at the 2023 International Book Fair of Havana

Cuban writer Luis Manuel García wins short story award in Spain

CINTAS Foundation awards three Cuban creators with 2022 scholarships

Spanish novelist Javier Marías, a prominent figure in contemporary literature, has passed away

The notable Cuban writer Fina García Marruz has passed away in Havana

A new collection of stories addresses the social conflicts of contemporary Cuba

The Buenos Aires Book Fair begins with Havana as the Guest City of Honor and a Patria y Vida stand

The Economic Culture Fund of Mexico will open a branch in Cuba

Cuban writer Senel Paz receives the Ernest Hemingway Award from the United States

Yamil Cuéllar, the Cuban who reads for many

Violeta: the new novel by Isabel Allende tells the story of a woman between two pandemics

Julio Travieso, National Literature Prize 2021 in Cuba

Misconceptions: A Bilingual Anthology of Cuban Poets from the Early 21st Century

Cuban poetess Georgina Herrera has passed away in Havana

Leonardo Padura: If people in a country lose hope, there is a very serious crisis

Cuban writer Wendy Guerra joins CNN en Español

Cuban journalist Ciro Bianchi Ross appointed to the jury for the upcoming Cervantes Prize for Literature

Cuban writer Arístides Vega: "I have always defended my truth and have zero tolerance for double speak."

Floréal Melgar: The Cuban people have suffered enough to deserve to live in freedom

Cuban writer Carlos Manuel Álvarez will present his new novel titled Falsa guerra

Interview with the Cuban writer Hilda María Fernández: Cuba survives thanks to those of us who are outside

Juan Abreu: Strokes and Words

The American poet Louise Glück wins the 2020 Nobel Prize in Literature

Carlos Espinosa, a staunch supporter of the Cuban culture

130 years ago, Gonzalo Roig was born, the composer of the zarzuela "Cecilia Valdés."

Spanish writer Carlos Ruiz Zafón dies at 55

15 essential Cuban novels to make the most of your time in isolation

Call for the Reinaldo Arenas Narrative Prize 2020

Cuban writer who revealed the burial record of General Arnaldo Ochoa passes away in Germany

La Moderna Poesía, the most famous bookstore in Cuba, no longer exists

Debates on Independent Art in Havana

They manage to reissue La Edad de Oro as Martí conceived it in 1889

Cuban designer, illustrator, and graphic artist Alfredo Montoto has passed away

Paying a premium, the resource of the avid reader to buy a book… if they find it at the fair

Cuban writer Enrique del Risco receives the Unicaja Prize for his novel 'Turcos en la niebla'

"French novel 'Secuestran' banned in Cuba due to 'immorality of the cover' and 'problems with the content'"

What's new in the world of literature for the upcoming year

Uruguayan writer Ida Vitale wins the 2018 Cervantes Prize

Cuban writer Enrique del Risco wins an award in Spain valued at 30,000 euros

Frank Padrón presents his book 'Cinema and Diversity' at the 'Llamale H' Festival in Montevideo

Today, an unreleased book by Alejo Carpentier is being presented in Havana

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura wins historical novel award in Spain

“The book is a release for the soul,” says Omara Ruiz Urquiola about her brother's collection of stories

Nicolás Guillén among the 100 best authors of universal literature

Controversy over a condolence message signed by the "Cuban PEN" following the death of two writers on the Island