Arts and Literature of Cuba

Dreaming in Cuban (García), 67, 68

Learning to Die in Miami (Eire), 66 literary prizes, 20, 21, 27, 40, 62, 65 literature. See fiction; poetry Little, William, 12 Llinás, Guido, 55 Longa, Rita, 42 , 51, 53 Loynaz, Dulce María, 18–20, 27 Lozano, Alfredo, 51 Lunes de Revolución (newspaper), 33–34

Eire, Carlos, 64–66 emigrants, Cuban, 20, 22, 27, 57, 61, 63–64 Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes (Academia San Alejandro), 43, 45 , 46, 50 ethnography, 24, 25–26, 39 exiles, Cuban, 9, 29, 34–35, 61–69 Exposición de Arte Nuevo, 47, 48, 49–50 and Afro-Cuban themes, 12–16, 25–28, 29 bestiary, 6, 17 crime novels, 39–41 and magical realism, 24, 28, 31, 62 testimonio , 35–37, 39 See also poetry fiction Fiebre de caballos (Padura Fuentes), 40 Forma, espacio y luz (Longa), 42 , 51 Fuente de las Antillas (Longa), 51, 53 Fuera del juego (Padilla), 21 futurism, 47–48 Gallego (Barnet), 39 García, Cristina, 67–69 García, Víctor Manuel, 47, 50 Gattorno, Antonio, 47, 48 La gitana tropical (Manuel García), 47 Gómez, Máximo, 10 Hallucinations (Arenas), 62 Havana, Cuba, 8, 21, 34, 41, 51 Hemingway, Ernest, 30 Hill, W. Nick, 39 El hombre que amaba a los perros (Padura Fuentes), 41 independence, Cuban, 7, 8–10, 35 Infante, Guillermo Cabrera. See Cabrera Infante, Guillermo Infante’s Inferno (Cabrera Infante), 32, 35 El gran zoo (Guillén), 17 Guillén, Nicolás, 12–18 Gutiérrez, Mariela, 25

Machado, Gerardo, 29, 46 magical realism, 24, 28, 31, 62 Martí, José, 6 , 7–10, 11 , 51

and the modernismo movement, 10, 12

Martínez, Raúl, 55 Martínez Pedro, Luis, 56 McEwen, Abigail, 53–54

Mendive, Manuel, 58 Menocal, Armando, 45 Miami, Florida, 64, 66 Miguel de Cervantes Prize. See Cervantes Prize Modern Cuban Painters (exhibition), 50 modernism, 42, 44 , 46, 50–51, 53–55 modernismo movement, 10, 12 Monkey Hunting (García), 68 Montejo, Esteban, 35–36, 37, 39 Motivos de son (Guillén), 13, 15 mulattos, 6, 13, 15 See also race Mural of Prehistory, 54 murals, 50, 54, 66 La música en Cuba (Carpentier), 29 Naturaleza muerta con florera (Peláez), 49 “La novia de Lázaro” (Loynaz), 18–19

Los Once (artists), 55 Operation Peter Pan, 65 Ortiz-Carboneres, Salvador, 15

Padilla, Heberto, 20–23 Padura Fuentes, Leonardo, 38 , 39–41 painting. See art Pasado perfecto (Padura Fuentes), 40 Los pasos perdidos (Carpentier), 32 Paz, Octavio, 12 Peláez, Amelia, 49–50 poetry

Jardín (Loynaz), 19 El justo tiempo humano (Padilla), 21

and Afro-Cubanism movement, 12–16 and modernismo movement, 10, 12 and political themes, 20–22 themes in, 16–17, 18–22

Kerman, Judith, 19 King of Cuba (García), 69

Lam, Wifredo, 48–49

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