Cuban Literature

María Elena Llana, nominated for the 2026 Cervantes Prize: the third Cuban to aspire to the highest award in Hispanic literature

Cuban writer Manuel Pereira has died in Mexico

Leonardo Padura on present-day Cuba while receiving the Liber Award: "It has become a daily hell."

Lyric lament of a poet: between the "Judas of the government" and "a future that never arrives"

Grass invades the graves of writers in the Colón Cemetery, and the ICL is organizing cleanup days

Dumpsters and Indifference in Cuba: "The Great Stench," laments Holguin writer

How Cubans learned to not be erased

I implore the Virgin of a Cuban poet: "Save us with your warrior spirit; Cuba needs you."

"To die in Cuba is a simple procedure... a line we stand in silently," laments the Cuban poet

They present "Vindictas"... "the most comprehensive anthology of Cuban short story writers since the 19th century."

Leonardo Padura in El País: "In a trench of time" Cubans "ask themselves 'until when?'"

In a subdued Cuba, a book about Fidel titled "The Lantern That Accompanies Us" is presented

Leonardo Padura wins the 2026 Liber Prize for the most outstanding Ibero-American author

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

The terrible "ostentation," "crime," and "sin" committed by a Cuban poet

"To remain silent is not worthy of a medal": a heartbreaking Cuban poem for those who have departed

A heartbreaking poem to the "Sociedad Protectora de Cubanos" that "is based in Florida."

The sale of "Locos de barrio. Segundo round" by Ulises Toirac begins

Vegetable oil, the "true Olympic champion of prices" in Cuba, according to a writer from Holguín

Between blackouts and pot-banging: The regime promotes its Book Fair in El Vedado

In Cuba, "even the most basic necessities seem like luxury items," laments a writer from Holguín

"The House Stands Empty": Cuban theater director and professor envisions her departure and portrays the island's migration crisis

"Where did we get to where everything is upside down?" questions the Cuban poet and researcher

The writer Álex Padrón, "an essential figure in Cuban noir fiction," has died at the age of 52

Raúl Roa Kourí, the former Cuban diplomat and son of Raúl Roa, has died

Unintentional Symbolism of the Cuban Institute of Book: Poetry Collection "Migraciones" Presented on 11J

Víctor Manuel Domínguez, writer, labor activist, and independent Cuban journalist, has passed away

The Cuban poet Oscar Kessel has passed away

Ulises Toirac announces the "second round" of "Locos de Barrio," with a foreword by Amir Valle

Repression in Cuba: Charges brought against writer Ángel Santiesteban

Cuban intellectual Luis Álvarez Álvarez, National Literature Prize winner, passed away in Brazil

The International Book Fair will resume in a Cuba that is more destroyed than when it was postponed

Prominent Cuban editor Silvana Verónica Garriga Caballero passes away

Leonardo Padura assures that no one escapes the crisis in Cuba: "Reality enters your home."

Zoé Valdés announces the presentation of her book "Dignas cubanas" in Miami

Cubana lights her charcoal stove with pages from "The Diary of Che in Bolivia."

"Until they kick me out": Padura reaffirms his decision to continue living in Cuba

The "fear of shadows" and "the slow death of the country," in verses by a Cuban writer

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

"I don’t want my country to be bombed": the poem that describes today's Cuba

UNEAC gifts books from its library, triggering outrage among Cuban writers

Cuban literature in mourning after the death of poet Lina de Feria

"The freedom of Cuba is within our reach": Pavel Alling's call for unity

Abel Prieto praises Raúl Castro as a "guide" as rumors of negotiations with the U.S. grow.

Cuban regime presents the "Selected Works" of Raúl Castro: Nine volumes to underpin his legacy

Traveling Aimlessly Without a Country: The Dilemma Faced by Exiled Cuban Writers, from Wendy Guerra's Perspective

Emmanuel Tornés Reyes has passed away: Cuba bids farewell to a sage of Literature

Zoé Valdés accuses Leonardo Padura of being a "police officer of the Cuban regime."

The harrowing account of a Cuban poet upon seeing on official TV the State Security agent who suppressed him

Leonardo Padura receives an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Guadalajara

Cuban playwright Salvador Lemis passes away in Mexico

Cuban writer Julio Travieso has died

Leonardo Padura reflects on Cuban reality: “Misery creates the miserable.”

Writer Enrique del Risco gathers 2,300 signatures from intellectuals so that university students opposing ETECSA's rate hike know that "they are not alone."

The El Arte Printing House is shutting down in Manzanillo: Cuban cultural memory left to neglect

Cuban in Tampa goes viral for reciting an emotional poem about Cuba: “I had to replay the video because I was crying.”

Cuban writer Luis Cabrera Delgado, a prominent author of children's and young adult literature, has passed away

Cuban scientist Eduardo López-Collazo: "My novel 'Narcisos' is a personal reckoning."

Cuban professor and writer, 81, killed in an accident in Brazil

Cuban essayist and literary critic Cira Romero Rodríguez passes away in Havana at the age of 79