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Margarita Engle (born in Los Angeles, California on September 2, 1951) [1] is a Cuban American poet and author of many award-winning books for children, young adults and adults. [2] Most of Engle's stories are written in verse and are a reflection of her Cuban heritage and her deep appreciation and knowledge of nature. [ 3 ]
Yanitzia Canetti (born 1967), novelist, short story writer, children's writer, translator; Daína Chaviano (born 1957), Cuban science fiction and fantasy novelist and poet; columnist, editor, translator; now lives in the United States; writes in Spanish and English; Aurelia Castillo de González (1842–1920), writer [2]
Breathe: Stories from Cuba is a debut collection of short stories written by Leila Segal. Segal was born in London and her short stories originate from her time spent living in Havana and the Pinar del Rio province of Cuba. [1] The work consists of nine short stories and a glossary for Cuban Spanish terms.
Literature written for children and young readers in Cuba started around the beginning of the 19th century. In the works of two poets, José Manuel Zequeira and José María Heredia, lyrical elements identified with this genre can be found, while Heredia's El ruiseñor, el príncipe y el ayo was written completely for children.
It was the first Cuban film to be awarded the ‘Grand Prix Écrans Juniors’ for children's cinema at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. [1] In Viva Cuba, a road movie fairy tale, [2] Cremata tackles localized Cuban problems from the literal point of view of the country's children. He lowers the camera to the eye level of the film's protagonists ...
Dreaming in Cuban is the first novel written by author Cristina García, and was a finalist for the National Book Award.This novel moves between Cuba and the United States featuring three generations of a single family.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. Help. Children's short stories are fiction stories, generally under 100 pages long ...
Virgilio Piñera Llera (August 4, 1912 – October 18, 1979) was a Cuban author, playwright, poet, short story writer, essayist and translator.His best known works are the poem La isla en peso (1943), the collection of short stories Cuentos Fríos (1956), the novel La carne de René (1952) and the play Electra Garrigó (1959).