Cuban poetry

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

"Where did we end up that everything is turning upside down?" questions the Cuban poet and researcher

Unintentional symbolism of the Cuban Institute of Book: Poetry collection "Migraciones" to be presented on July 11

Cuban creator: "How is it that they try to force a crab into your eyes?"

Rita Donte delivers a powerful message for Cuba: "Light the candle."

The Cuban poet Oscar Kessel has passed away

Cuban poet jokes about "the thing": "And if Donald Trump doesn't come, I'm going to go get him."

They dedicate a guajira décima to the protégé of the Castros in Cuba: Is Díaz-Canel a man with guidance?

"The majority people... bet on themselves": Powerful verses by Pedro Luis Ferrer in this moment for Cuba

"I don’t want them to bomb my country": the poem that describes today’s Cuba

"Where are you, guys?": The poem about the abandonment of pre-university students in the countryside that has gone viral

They celebrate the birthday of Cuban poetess Isabel Mendoza, who survives in poverty

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

Poetess Isabel Mendoza ends up begging in Santiago de Cuba to be able to eat

When solutions are lacking, verses abound: The new official manifesto on Cubadebate

UNEAC celebrates the poet Delfín Prats: From ostracism and censorship to “an essential figure of our literature”

Holguín poet dies while living on the streets

The Cuban writer and curator Osvaldo Sánchez Crespo, a key figure in contemporary art in Latin America, passed away in Mexico

Sandro Castro, in his deliriums, evokes José Martí, and the Cubans react: "Oh Fidel, come down with a jab!"

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

A moving song by Holguin poets honors young people who died in an explosion: "You are in mourning, my land."

Orlando Rossardi, prominent Cuban writer and researcher, has passed away

Cuban in Miami dedicates rap poetry for a free Cuba

Poem of a Cuban in Miami: "Now I have a neighbor who was a cederista."

Stoning of the home of a Cuban writer and opposition figure in Holguín

Antolín el Pichón recites verses of passion to Aly Sánchez

Cuban grandfather composes décima for Díaz Canel: “I recommend you gather your things and leave.”

The Cuban poet Manuel Díaz Martínez has passed away in Spain

Honorary presidency of a poetic event withdrawn from Nancy Morejón in France

They ask France to withdraw the honorary presidency of a poetry event from Nancy Morejón

Cuban poet and essayist Lourdes Gil passes away in the United States

Original videos of the self-incrimination of the poet Heberto Padilla are being shared

The "Ateje" Awards honor Alabau, Morelli, and Moreno

About Delfín Prats

National Literature Prize 2022 awarded to the Cuban poet Delfín Prats

Criminals break into and rob the home of Holguin poet Delfín Prats

Writer Ghabriel Pérez dedicates poem to the migratory exodus in Holguín: "The cross of my hill is leaving."

Cuban dedicates poem to the Cuban exodus: "My space is for sale"

The City of Alcalá Poetry Award is presented to writer Katherine Bisquet

Young Cuban wins the prestigious Loewe Poetry Prize

A heart-wrenching poem by a Cuban father goes viral: "I Will Return, Mom."

Alexis Díaz-Pimienta starts as a professor at a university in Spain: "Let the one who has brakes stop."

The kind of cinema I like to create

Nicolás, Guillén with Padilla and Batista before Orígenes

Cremata and Lili Rentería recreate a poem by Dulce María Loynaz

Mother of Doctor Alexander Figueredo: "Don't come back even if you are sad and my hands are older."

Literary critic Enrique Saínz de la Torriente has passed away

Havana, if you don't see it, you don't love it

"Valiente," the original poem dedicated to the Cuban exodus

Cubadebate publishes a poem from a reader that includes the phrase "Díaz-Canel singao."

Katherine Bisquet presents the poetry collection "Depleted Uranium" in Barcelona

Ateje Editorial awarded exiled creators Zoé Valdés, Rossardi, and Montes Huidobro

Cultural Center of New York awards Cuban editor Felipe Lázaro

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

Cuban poetess Georgina Herrera passes away in Havana

Al2 El Aldeano releases "My Weight"

They are holding an online edition of the Poetry Without End Festival in support of the 15N in Cuba

The chubby Rivero passed away at 75, which is cinema, ties, flowers, and a kiosk in the Cuban Charada

Cuban poet and journalist Raúl Rivero, a former prisoner from the Cause of the 75, passes away in Miami

They are calling for the World Festival of Endless Poetry in Cuba