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Nicolás Guillén
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Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer (1902–1989)
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Nicolás Guillén was a Cuban poet, journalist, and writer born in Camagüey on 10 July 1902. He wrote in Spanish and was educated at the University of Havana. His career began in 1927, and he produced works such as *Balada*, *El crimen fue en Granada*, and *Obra poética*. He died in Havana on 16 July 1989.
During his lifetime, Guillén received several honors, including the Order of José Martí, the International Stalin Prize for Peace, the Order of Friendship of Peoples, and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. He was a member of the Cuban ethnic group and held Cuban citizenship. His birth name was Nicolás Guillèn, also recorded as Nicolas Cristóbal Guillén Batista.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 July 1902
- Died
- 16 July 1989
- Works
- 185
Top works
- Balada
- Bezahlt Mich Nicht
- El crimen fue en Granada
- Obra poética
- The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1902-07-10 ) July 10, 1902, Camagüey , Cuba
- Died
- July 16, 1989 (1989-07-16) (aged 87) , Havana , Cuba
- Occupation
- Poet, journalist and political activist
- Education
- University of Havana
- Genre
- Poetry
- Subject
- Black poetry (poesía negra)
- Notable awards
- National Prize for Literature
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Encyclopedic overview
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist and political activist. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, he studied law at the University of Havana, but abandoned a legal career and worked as both a typographer and journalist. His poetry was published in various magazines from the early 1920s; his first collection, Motivos de son (1930) was strongly influenced by his meeting that year with the African-American poet, Langston Hughes. He drew from son music in his poetry. West Indies, Ltd., published in 1934, was Guillén's first collection with political implications. Cuba's dictatorial Gerardo Machado regime was overthrown in 1933, but political repression intensified. After being jailed in 1936, Guillén joined the Communist Party the next year, traveling to Spain for a Congress of Writers and Artists, and covering the Spanish Civil War as a magazine reporter.
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