Roberto Fernández Retamar
Roberto Fernández Retamar (born June 9, 1930, Havana) is a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Américas. In his role as President of the organization, Fernández also serves on the Council of State of Cuba. An early close confidant of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, he has remained a central figure in Cuba since the 1959 Revolution. Retamar has also written over a dozen major collections of verse and founded the Casa de las Americas cultural magazine.
Professor Joao Cesar Castro de Rocha, at the University of Manchester has described Retamar as "one of the most distinguished Latin American intellectuals of the twentieth century."[1] In 1989, he was award the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award and most important award of its type.
Bibliography
- Todo caliban San Juan, PR: Ediciones Callejon, 2002. ISBN 1-881748-11-1
References
- ↑ Cuban Cultural Leader Makes Rare Visit to England Manchester 1842, May 26, 2009
External links
- La Peña: Artists and Creators
- World Literature Today Summer/Autumn 2002
- 1978 interview in Diacritics
- 1995 interview in Critical Inquiry