Cuban Literature

Leonardo Padura on present-day Cuba upon receiving the Liber Award: "It has become an everyday hell."

Lyrical lament of a poet: between the "Judas of the government" and "a future that does not arrive"

The grass invades the graves of writers in the Colón Cemetery, and the ICL organizes cleaning days

Trash and indifference in Cuba: "The Great Stench," laments Holguin writer

How Cubans Learned Not to Be Erased

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

"To die in Cuba is a simple process... 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 ditch of time," Cubans "ask themselves 'how long?'"

In a muted 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

"Keeping silent is not worthy of a medal": a heart-wrenching Cuban poem for those who have departed

A heart-wrenching poem to the "Protective Society of Cubans" that "is located in Florida."

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

Vegetable oil, the "authentic 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 needs seem like luxury items," laments a writer from Holguín

"The House Stands Alone": Cuban playwright and professor envisions her departure and depicts the migration crisis of the island

"Where did we leave off that everything spins backwards?" questions the Cuban poet and researcher

Álex Padrón, "an essential figure of Cuban noir fiction," passes away at the age of 52

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

Unintentional symbolism of the Cuban Book Institute: Poetry collection "Migraciones" presented on 11J

Víctor Manuel Domínguez, a Cuban writer, trade unionist, and independent 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 the writer Ángel Santiesteban

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

They will resume the International Book Fair in a Cuba more devastated 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 comes into your home."

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

A Cuban 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 them to bomb my country": the poem that portrays today's Cuba

The UNEAC gives away books from its library, sparking 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" while rumors of negotiations with the U.S. grow.

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

Traveling Adrift 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 witnessing on official TV the state security agent who repressed 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 miserable people.”

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

The El Arte Printing Press Shuts Down in Manzanillo: Cuban Cultural Memory Left in Abandonment

Cuban woman in Tampa goes viral reciting an emotional poem about Cuba: "I had to repeat the video because I was crying."

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

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

A renowned Cuban professor and writer, 81 years old, dies after being hit by a vehicle in Brazil

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

Leonardo Padura: "There are few reasons to think of Havana with optimism."

Cuban writer and critic Francisco López Sacha passes away