# List of Cuban writers

A list of Cuban writers, including novelists, poets, and critics: Cuban authors and writers have influenced and shaped the history of the world. Throughout the years many of their contributions have caused radical shifts: from social movements to global perspectives in the Americas and beyond.
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* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* See also
* References

## A

* Brígida Agüero (1837–1866), poet
* Mirta Aguirre (1912–1980), poet, novelist, and journalist
* Magaly Alabau (born 1945), poet
* Dora Alonso (1910–2001), author and journalist
* Reinaldo Arenas (1943–1990), openly gay poet, novelist, and playwright, author of Before Night Falls (Antes que anochezca)

## B

* Emilio Bacardi Moreau (1844–1822), poet, writer, playwright, and patriot
* Joaquín Badajoz (born 1972), poet and writer
* Gastón Baquero (1916–1997), poet and writer
* Miguel Barnet, anthropologist and testimonialist
* Antonio Benítez-Rojo (1931–2005), author and critic
* Pedro Luis Boitel (1931–1972), poet and dissident
* Mariano Brull (1891–1956), postmodern poet

## C

* Lydia Cabrera (1899–1991), anthropologist and poet
* Guillermo Cabrera Infante (1929–2005), novelist, author of Tres tristes tigres, Cervantes Prize winner
* Onelio Jorge Cardoso (1914–1986), screenwriter and short fiction writer
* Alejo Carpentier (1904–1980), novelist, author of El reino de este mundo, Cervantes Prize winner
* Julián del Casal, 19th-century poet
* Fidel Castro (1926–2016), former President of Cuba
* Daniel Chavarria, Uruguyan-born author
* Daína Chaviano, novelist and short-story writer
* Enrique Cirules (1938–2016), novelist and essayist
* Domitila García de Coronado (1847–1938), writer, journalist, editor, professor

## D

* Edmundo Desnoes, novelist, author of Memorias del Subdesarrollo
* Jesús Díaz (1941–2002), novelist, filmmaker, and intellectual, founder of the influential cultural magazine Encuentro
* Tania Díaz Castro (1939–2024), journalist and poet

## E

* Darío Espina Pérez (October 25, 1920 – September 6, 1996), writer, founder and president of La Academia Poética de Miami

## F

* Samuel Feijóo (1914–1992), author
* Roberto Fernández Retamar (1930–2019), poet, essayist, and literary critic
* Norberto Fuentes (born 1943), author and journalist

## G

* Michael John Garcés (born 1967), playwright and director.
* Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda (1814–1873), novelist, playwright, and poet, author of Sab (1842) and Baltasar (1858)
* Justo González (born 1937), author and historian
* Jorge Enrique González Pacheco (born 1969), poet and cultural entrepreneur
* Nicolás Guillén (1902–1989), Afro-Cuban poet
* Pedro Juan Gutiérrez (born 1950) "dirty realist" novelist, poet, and painter

## H

* José María Heredia y Heredia (1803–1839), poet
* Georgina Herrera (1936–2021), poet

## L

* Carilda Oliver Labra (1922–2018), poet
* José Lezama Lima (1910–1976), novelist and poet, author of Paradiso
* Eduardo del Llano (born 1962)
* Mary Stanley Low (1912–2007), British-Cuban political activist, surrealist poet, artist and Latin teacher

## M

* Jorge Mañach (1898–1961), writer
* Juan Francisco Manzano (1797–1854), author and poet
* Dulce María Loynaz (1902–1997), poet, Cervantes Prize winner
* José Martí (1853–1895), poet, journalist, critic, translator, and patriot
* Calixto Martínez, journalist and political prisoner
* Rubén Martínez Villena, writer
* Domingo del Monte (1804–1853), author and literary critic
* Nancy Morejón (born 1944), Afro-Cuban poet
* Dolan Mor (born 1968)
* Manuel Maria Mustelier (1878–1941), writer and teacher

## O

* Fernando Ortiz (1881–1969), author and essayist
* Lisandro Otero (1932–2008), novelist and journalist

## P

* Heberto Padilla (1932–2000), poet
* Leonardo Padura Fuentes (born 1955), novelist and journalist
* Ricardo Pau-Llosa (born 1954), poet
* Regino Pedroso (1896–1983), poet
* Gustavo Pérez Firmat (born 1949), poet, memoirist, literary critic
* Jorge Armando Pérez (born 1961), writer, theologian, fiction
* Virgilio Piñera (1912–1979), author, playwright, poet, short-story writer and essayist
* Carlos Pintado (born 1974), poet

## R

* Félix Ramos y Duarte (1848–1924), educator, textbook writer and lexicographer
* José Ignacio Rivero (1920–2011), exile journalist
* Raúl Rivero (1945–2021), dissident poet and journalist
* Antonio Rodríguez Salvador (born 1960), poet, fiction writer, dramatist and essayist

## S

* Pedro Pérez Sarduy (born 1943), poet, novelist and journalist
* Severo Sarduy (1937–1993), neobaroque poet
* Ana María Simo, playwright, essayist and lesbian activist

## U

* Úrsula Céspedes (1832–1874), poet

## V

* Zoé Valdés (born 1959), novelist
* Enrique José Varona (1848–1933), author and journalist
* Cirilo Villaverde, novelist, author of Cecilia Valdés (1882)
* Cintio Vitier (1921–2009), poet, essayist and novelist

## Z

* Juan Clemente Zenea (1832–1871), author and poet
* Héctor Zumbado, writer, journalist, humorist, and critic