List of Cuban-American writers
This is a list of the most notable Cuban-American writers.
- Alex Abella, mystery/crime novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist
- Iván Acosta, playwright; works include El Super (movie version 1979) and Un cubiche en la luna (1989)[1]
- Mercedes de Acosta
- Reinaldo Arenas
- René Ariza
- Octavio Armand, poet[1]
- Joaquín Badajoz, poet, author, essayist (North American Academy of the Spanish Language, fellow member)
- Ruth Behar
- Richard Blanco, American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer
- Rafael Campo, physician and author
- Yanitzia Canetti
- Alejo Carpentier
- Lourdes Casal, poet[1]
- Migdia Chinea-Varela
- Nilo Cruz
- Silvia Curbelo
- Miguel A. De La Torre
- Carmen Agra Deedy
- Carlos Eire
- Frank Fernández
- Roberto G. Fernández
- María Irene Fornés
- Paula Fox
- Carlos Franqui
- Cristina García
- Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
- Valentina L. Garza
- Ibis Gómez-Vega, novelist
- Celedonio González, novelist; works include Los primos (1971) and Los cuatro embajadores (1973)[1]
- Oscar Hijuelos
- Robert Lima, poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff
- Eduardo Machado
- José Martí
- Pablo Medina, poet[1]
- Ana Menéndez
- Matías Montes Huidobro, novelist; works include Desterrados al fuego (1975)[1]
- Elías Miguel Muñoz, poet and novelist, author of Crazy Love (1988) and The Greatest Performance (1991), as well as works in Spanish[1]
- Anaïs Nin
- Lino Novás Calvo, novelist; works include Maneras de contar (1970)[1]
- Achy Obejas
- Manuel Pereiras García
- Carlos Pintado, author, playwright and award-winning poet of Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry
- Dolores Prida, playwright; English-language works include those collected in Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays (1991)[1]
- Jorge Reyes
- Isel Rivero, poet[1]
- Antonio Sacre
- José Sánchez-Boudy, poet[1]
- Virgil Suárez
- Piri Thomas
- Omar Torres, novelist; works include Apenas un bolero (1981), Al partir (1986), and Fallen Angels Sing (1991)[1]
- Carmelita Tropicana
- Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
- Charlie Vázquez
- José Yglesias
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