Cuban poetry

"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 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 after living on the streets

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

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

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

A haunting song by Holguín poets honors young lives lost 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 by a Cuban in Miami: "Now I have as a neighbor an old man who was a cederista."

Mob violence against the home of a Cuban writer and dissident in Holguín

Antolín el Pichón recites verses of passion to Aly Sánchez

Cuban grandfather composes a décima for Díaz-Canel: "I recommend that you gather your things and leave."

Cuban poet Manuel Díaz Martínez passes away in Spain

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

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

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

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

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

About Delfín Prats

National Literature Prize 2022 awarded to Cuban poet Delfín Prats

Criminals rob and steal from the home of Holguín poet Delfín Prats

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

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

Tear-jerking 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 kind 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 Dr. Alexander Figueredo: "Don’t come back even if you are sad and my hands are older."

Literary critic Enrique Saínz de la Torriente passes away

Havana, those who do not see it, do not love it

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

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

Katherine Bisquet presents her poetry book "Uranio empobrecido" in Barcelona

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

The 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 "My Burden."

An online edition of the Poetry Without End Festival is being held in support of the 15N in Cuba

The hefty Rivero left us at 75, which is cinema, ties, flowers, and a kiosk in the Cuban Charade

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

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

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"

Alexis Valdés calls for respect for differences in Cuba with a new poem

Katherine Bisquet dedicates a poem to exiled Cuban journalist Karla Pérez on International Poetry Day

Alexis Valdés dedicates several décimas to Homeland and Life

Protesters at the MINCULT repeatedly read the poem by José Martí, Two Homelands

Niagara Falls will be lit up in blue, red, and white to celebrate Cuba's National Day

Pedro Luis Ferrer: In Cuba, there are people who make your life miserable