List of Cuban-American writers

Name Year of birth/death Portrait NotesAgustin 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)Marc Zimmerman, U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography, MARCH/Abrazo, 1992. Mercedes de Acosta 1893–1968 Robert Arellano1969– Novelist; works include Havana Lunar (2010 Edgar Award finalist) and Havana Libre (2017). Reinaldo Arenas 1943–1990 René Ariza 1940–1994 1946– Poet Joaquín Badajoz 1972– Poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member) Jesús J. Barquet José Barreiro 1948– Ruth Behar 1956– Juana Borrero 1877–1896 Poet Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros 1803–1866 Richard Blanco 1968– American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer Rafael Campo 1964– Physician and author Yanitzia Canetti 1967– Alejo Carpentier 1904–1980 Lourdes Casal 1938–1981 Poet Sandra M. Castillo 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 Miguel Correa Nilo Cruz 1960– Playwright Silvia Curbelo 1955– Belkis Cuza Malé 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 1931–1996 Carlos Eire 1950– Memoirist Margarita Engle 1951– Frank Fernández 1934– Roberto G. Fernández 1951– Eugenio Florit 1903–1999 María Irene Fornés 1930–2018 Paula Fox 1923–2017 Carlos Franqui 1921–2010 Cristina García 1958– Carolina Garcia-Aguilera 1949– Miguel Garcia Ramos 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) 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) Jorge Guitart Poet Andrea O'Reilly Herrera Novelist, academic Oscar Hijuelos 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 1902–1991 Robert Lima 1935– Poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff Melinda Lopez Playwright Eduardo Machado 1953– José Martí 1853–1895 Dionisio D. Martinez 1956– Pablo Medina 1960– Poet Ana Menéndez 1970– 1931–2022 Novelist; works include Desterrados al fuego (1975) Gean Moreno 1972– Elías Miguel Muñoz 1954– Poet and novelist, author of Crazy Love (1988) and The Greatest Performance (1991), as well as works in Spanish Victor Nickolich 1951– Non-fiction writer, historian and athlete. His works include The Lynx Book (2016) and the Spanish version El Lince (2018) Anaïs Nin 1903–1977 1903–1983 Novelist; works include Maneras de contar (1970) Ana Rosa Núñez 1926–1999 Poet, librarian Achy Obejas 1956– Mirta Ojito Herberto Padilla 1932–2000 Ricardo Pau-Llosa 1954– Poet Manuel Pereiras García 1950– Gustavo Pérez Firmat 1949– "Poet, memoirist, literary critic" Carlos Pintado 1974– Author, playwright and award-winning poet of Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry Juana Rosa Pita 1939– Dolores Prida 1943–2013 Playwright; English-language works include those collected in Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays (1991) Jorge Reyes 1972–2015 Beatriz Rivera Novelist Isel Rivero Poet Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés Poet, academic 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 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 Piri Thomas 1928–2011 Miguel Teurbe Tolón 1820–1857 Omar Torres Novelist; works include Apenas un bolero (1981), Al partir (1986), and Fallen Angels Sing (1991) Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez 1969– Roberto Valero Félix Varela 1788–1853 Charlie Vázquez 1971– Dan Vera Cirilo Villaverde 1812–1894 Rubén Martínez Villena 1899–1934 José Yglesias 1919–1995 Juan Clemente Zenea 1832–1871

List of Cuban-American writers

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