Cuban Poetry

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

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."

A guajira decima is dedicated to the Castro's protégé in Cuba: Is Díaz-Canel a man with guidance?

"The majority people... bets on itself": 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 they, boys?": The poem about the abandonment of pre-university students in the countryside that has gone viral

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

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

Poetess Isabel Mendoza ends up begging for alms 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 after 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 delirium, evokes José Martí and the Cubans react: "Oh Fidel, come down and give us a break!"

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

Heartfelt song by Holguín poets honors young lives lost in explosion: "In mourning you are, 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 that you pack up and leave.”

Cuban poet Manuel Díaz Martínez passes away in Spain

Nancy Morejón is stripped of the honorary presidency of a poetic event in France

They are asking France to withdraw the honorary presidency of a poetic 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 disseminated

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

About Delfín Prats

2022 National Literature Award to the Cuban poet Delfín Prats

Criminals assault and rob the home of Holguin poet Delfín Prats

Writer Ghabriel Pérez dedicates a poem to the migratory exodus in Holguín: “The cross of my hillside leaves.”

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 Award

Heartbreaking poem by a Cuban father goes viral: "I will return, Mom."

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

The type of cinema I enjoy making

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're sad and my hands are older."

Literary critic Enrique Saínz de la Torriente has passed away

Havana, those who don't see it, don't love it

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

Cubadebate publishes a poem from a reader containing 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

New York Cultural Center honors 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 "Mi pesadez."

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

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

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

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

A book will be published featuring unpublished letters from the Cuban writer Dulce María Loynaz

Cuban poet Marino Wilson Jay passes away due to coronavirus

Carlos Lechuga to the San Isidro Movement: Thank you for loving each other so much and radiating that love

Verses by Alexis Valdés to Luis Robles: "Imprisoned for wanting freedom"