Rodríguez Feo, José

José Rodríguez Feo (1920-93) was a Cuban editor, translator, and literary critic. Despite personal wealth and a Harvard education, his commitment to Fidel Castro’s revolutionary cultural agenda and his knowledge of U.S. history created a strong loathing for American imperialism. He served as the long-time editor of Origenes, a journal “whose stated mission was to elevate Cuban culture above the public corruption, ignorance and cynicism that was believed to have degraded the national character” (Lesman 6). Although this journal was dominated by Cuban, Spanish, and French writers, it also published a number of well-known American poets, including Rodríguez Feo’s friend, Wallace Stevens.
==Stevens and Rodríguez Feo==
Stevens and Rodríguez Feo were frequent correspondents. Rodríguez Feo also served as Stevens's addressee in the poem, "A Word with José Rodríguez Feo."
==Works Cited==
Lesman, Robert. “Shifts and Continuities: The Ideological
Evolution of José Rodríguez Feo.” Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture 8.4 (2008): 1-20. Web. 25 Feb 2014.