Nicolás Guillén

Nicolás Guillén was born in Camagüey on 10 July 1902. His father, a journalist, a veteran of the independence struggle and a senator, was killed in 1917 by his political opponents. The son left the law faculty in Havana, became a typesetter, then a journalist. A Communist, he was unable to return to Cuba after a trip to Chile in 1953 and lived five years in exile. From 1961 he presided over the Union of Cuban Writers and Artists, of which he was the national poet. He died in Havana on 16 July 1989.

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• PoetrySóngoro cosongoNicolás Guillén · 1931not translated into EnglishLiterature