Ramón Meza y Suárez Inclán (January 28, 1861 – 1911), was a Cuban literary critic, historian, professor and Doctor in Philosophy and Literature at the University of Havana, and also author of many works of both fiction and non-fiction.García Vega, Lorenzo. Antología de la novela cubana. (1960). Dirección General de Cultura, Ministerio de Educación.Baquero, Gastón; Báez, Vicente. La enciclopedia de Cuba:Volume 3. (1975). Enciclopedia y Clásicos Cubanos. Obaya, Alicia; Barredo, Gloria; Ricardo, Yolanda. (2002) Valoraciones sobre temas y problemas de la literatura cubana: part 2. Editorial Pueblo y Educación. Biblioteca Nacional (Cuba). (1910). Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional, volumen 2-3.
Life
When he was 17 years of age, he enrolled in the University of Havana, where he majored in 1882 in Civil Law.
Two years later, his first literary reviews were published. He contributed extensively to the periodicals La lotería, to Revista de Cuba, and Cuba en América.
On July 7, 1900, he was appointed Subsecretary of Justice, filling in the position for Alfredo Zayas y Alfonso.Wood, Leonard. Civil report, 1899-1900, volume 2. (1900). s. n. p. 626Wood, Leonard.Report of the military governor of Cuba on civil affairs, volume 1, part 1. (1901). Government printing office.p. 497
A month later, on August 17, 1900, he resigned from the position to which he had been appointed, and was replaced by Gastón Mora y Varona.United States War Dept. Annual reports, volume 1. (1901). Government printing office. 535
In 1900, he wrote an article for the faculty at the University of Havana titled Don Quijote como tipo ideal (), in which he paid tribute to Cervante's masterpiece Don Quijote de la Mancha.Universidad de la Habana; Facultad de letras y ciencias. Revista de la Facultad de letras y ciencias, volume 1. (1901). Universidad de la Habana.p.
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