List of Cuban-American writers

Name	Year of birth/death	Portrait	Notes
Agustin Blazquez	1944–2022		Author of THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR: Partial Autobiography. Travel Chronicles. Dreams. Fantasies. 2023 publisher/imprint Penny-a-Page Press A collection of his essays was published in collaboration with Carlos Wotzkow by Alexandria Library under the Title Cubriendo y Descubriendo/Covering and Discovering (2001). He also did the English Translation for Luise Grave de Peralta Morel’s The Mafia of Havana: The Cuban Cosa Nostra (2002).
Luis Senarens	1865–1939		The most popular American science fiction writer of the late 19th century, widely known as "the American Jules Verne."
Alex Abella	1950–		Mystery/crime novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist
Iván Acosta			Playwright; works include El Super (movie version 1979) and Un cubiche en la luna (1989)[1]
Mercedes de Acosta	1893–1968
Robert Arellano	1969–		Novelist; works include Havana Lunar (2010 Edgar Award finalist) and Havana Libre (2017).
Reinaldo Arenas[2]	1943–1990
René Ariza	1940–1994
Octavio Armand [es]	1946–		Poet[1]
Joaquín Badajoz	1972–		Poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member)
Jesús J. Barquet[3]
José Barreiro[4]	1948–
Ruth Behar[5]	1956–
Juana Borrero[6]	1877–1896		Poet
Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros[7]	1803–1866
Richard Blanco[4]	1968–		American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer
Rafael Campo[2]	1964–		Physician and author
Yanitzia Canetti	1967–
Alejo Carpentier	1904–1980
Lourdes Casal	1938–1981		Poet[1]
Sandra M. Castillo[4]			Poet
Carlota Caulfield			Poet, academic, author of A Mapmaker’s Diary, Ticket to Ride, At the Paper Gates with Burning Desire.
Daína Chaviano	1957–		Novelist, poet, and award-winning novelist of Azorín Prize for Best Novel (Spain), among other international awards.
Migdia Chinea-Varela	1971–
Rene Cifuentes[3]
Miguel Correa[3]
Nilo Cruz	1960–		Playwright[2]
Silvia Curbelo	1955– [4]
Belkis Cuza Malé[6]	1942–
Frederick A. de Armas	1945–		Literary scholar and novelist; novels include El abra del Yumurí (2016), Sinfonía Salvaje (2019)
Miguel A. De La Torre	1958–
Carmen Agra Deedy
Pura del Prado[6]	1931–1996[8]
Carlos Eire	1950–		Memoirist[2]
Margarita Engle[5]	1951–
Frank Fernández	1934–
Roberto G. Fernández[2]	1951–
Eugenio Florit[6]	1903–1999
María Irene Fornés	1930–2018
Paula Fox	1923–2017
Carlos Franqui	1921–2010
Cristina García[2]	1958–
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera[2]	1949–
Miguel Garcia Ramos[3]
Valentina L. Garza
Jorge Enrique González Pacheco	1969–		Poet
Ibis Gómez-Vega	1952–		Novelist
Celedonio González			Novelist; works include Los primos (1971) and Los cuatro embajadores (1973)[1]
Lillian Guerra			Historian; works include The Myth of José Martí: Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba (2005) and Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance, 1959-1971 (2012)[9]
Jorge Guitart[4]			Poet
Andrea O'Reilly Herrera[4]			Novelist, academic [1]
Oscar Hijuelos[2]	1951–2013
Daniel Iglesias Kennedy	1950–		Novelist, academic, author of Esta tarde se pone el sol(2001) Espacio vacío (2003) El marmitón apacible (2006) among others.
Enrique Labrador Ruiz[6]	1902–1991
Robert Lima	1935–		Poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff
Melinda Lopez			Playwright[2]
Eduardo Machado[2]	1953–
José Martí[2]	1853–1895
Dionisio D. Martinez[4]	1956–
Pablo Medina	1960–		Poet[1]
Ana Menéndez	1970–
Matías Montes Huidobro [es]	1931–		Novelist; works include Desterrados al fuego (1975)[1]
Gean Moreno	1972– [4]
Elías Miguel Muñoz	1954– [4]		Poet and novelist, author of Crazy Love (1988) and The Greatest Performance (1991), as well as works in Spanish[1]
Victor Nickolich[10]^[circular reference]	1951–		Non-fiction writer, historian and athlete. His works include The Lynx Book (2016)[11] and the Spanish version El Lince (2018)[12]
Anaïs Nin	1903–1977
Lino Novás Calvo [es]	1903–1983		Novelist; works include Maneras de contar (1970)[1]
Ana Rosa Núñez[6]	1926–1999		Poet, librarian
Achy Obejas[2]	1956–
Mirta Ojito[3]
Herberto Padilla[6]	1932–2000
Ricardo Pau-Llosa	1954–		Poet[2]
Luis de la Paz [es][3]
Manuel Pereiras García	1950–
Gustavo Pérez Firmat	1949–		"Poet, memoirist, literary critic"[2]
Carlos Pintado	1974–		Author, playwright and award-winning poet of Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry
Juana Rosa Pita[6]	1939–
Dolores Prida	1943–2013		Playwright; English-language works include those collected in Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays (1991)[1]
Jorge Reyes	1972–2015
Beatriz Rivera[4]			Novelist
Isel Rivero			Poet[1]
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés[2]			Poet, academic [2]
Enrique Sacerio-Garí	1945–		Author of Poemas interreales, Para llegar a La Habana, and El mercado de la memoria
Antonio Sacre	1968–
José Sánchez-Boudy			Poet[1]
Pedro Santacilia [es][7]	1826–1910
Armando Simon	1951–		Novelist-A Cuban from Kansas, Very Peculiar Stories, The Cult of Suicide and Other SciFi Stories. Dramatist-Conundrum, Pro Se, Carnada, Infidel!
Virgil Suárez	1962–		Novelist, poet[2]
Piri Thomas	1928–2011
Miguel Teurbe Tolón[7]	1820–1857
Omar Torres			Novelist; works include Apenas un bolero (1981), Al partir (1986), and Fallen Angels Sing (1991)[1]
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez	1969–
Roberto Valero[3]
Félix Varela[6]	1788–1853
Charlie Vázquez	1971–
Dan Vera
Carlos Victoria [es][3]
Cirilo Villaverde[7]	1812–1894
Rubén Martínez Villena[6]	1899–1934
José Yglesias[4]	1919–1995
Juan Clemente Zenea[7]	1832–1871

See also

• Cuban American literature
• List of Cuban writers
• List of Cuban women writers
• List of Cuban Americans
• Before Columbus Foundation

References

1. Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.
2. Ortíz 2013.
3. Donaldo W. Urioste; et al. (2017). Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-7549-2.
4. Suárez 1996.
5. Álvarez Borland 1998.
6. Hospital 1996.
7. Lazo 2005.
8. Vicki L. Ruiz; Virginia Sánchez Korrol, eds. (2006). Latinas in the United States: a Historical Encyclopedia. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-11169-2.
9. "Alumni Bios – From Dartmouth Alum to Faculty of Color: How the Liberal Arts Help Diversify the Profession". sites.dartmouth.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-01.
10. Nickolich, Victor. "The Lynx Book".
11. Nickolich, Victor (2016). The Lynx. Shreiber Press. p. 322. ISBN 978-0997979930.
12. Nickolich, Victor (2018). El Lince. Shreiber Press. p. 412. ISBN 978-0997979947.

Bibliography

• Carolina Hospital; Jorge Cantera, eds. (1996). A Century of Cuban Writers in Florida: Selected Prose and Poetry. Sarasota: Pineapple Press. ISBN 978-1-56164-104-8. (Anthology; includes writer biographies)
• Virgil Suárez; Delia Poey, eds. (1996). Little Havana Blues: a Cuban-American Literature Anthology. Houston: Arte Público Press. ISBN 978-1-61192-207-3. (Anthology; includes writer biographies)
• Isabel Álvarez Borland (1998). Cuban–American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona. University of Virginia Press.[3]
• Rodrigo Lazo (2005). Writing to Cuba: Filibustering and Cuban Exiles in the United States. Envisioning Cuba. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 0807829307. [4]
• Ricardo L. Ortíz (2013). "Canons: Cuban-American Literature". In Suzanne Bost; Frances R. Aparicio (eds.). Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature. Routledge. pp. 413–422. ISBN 978-1-136-22160-6. [5]