Cuban poetry

"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 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

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

Sandro Castro in his delusions evokes José Martí and the Cubans react: "Oh Fidel, come down in spikes!"

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

Shattering song by Holguin poets honors young lives lost in explosion: "You are in mourning, my land"

Orlando Rossardi, a 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 a neighbor who was a cederista."

Stone house of Cuban writer and opposition figure in Holguín

Antolín el Pichón recites passionate verses to Aly Sánchez

Cuban grandfather writes a décima to Díaz Canel: “I recommend that you gather your things and leave.”

Cuban poet Manuel Díaz Martínez passes away in Spain

Honorary presidency of a poetic event is withdrawn from Nancy Morejón in France

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

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

Original videos of the poet Heberto Padilla's self-incrimination are being circulated

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

About Delfín Prats

National Literature Award 2022 to the Cuban poet Delfín Prats

Criminals 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 is leaving.”

Cuban dedicates poem to the Cuban exodus: "My Space is for Sale"

Katherine Bisquet awarded the Ciudad de Alcalá Poetry Prize

Young Cuban wins the prestigious Loewe Poetry Prize

A heartbreaking 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 film I enjoy making

Nicolás, Guillén with Padilla and Batista before Orígenes

Cremata and Lili Rentería reinterpret 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 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 collection "Uranium Enriched" in Barcelona

Editorial Ateje 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 "My Heaviness"

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

El Gordo Rivero passed away at 75, which is cinema, ties, flowers, and kiosks in the Cuban charade

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

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

They will publish a book with 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 for 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 read José Martí's poem, Two Homelands, over and over again

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