Arts and Literature of Cuba

See also fiction Pogolotti, Marcelo, 47–48 political themes, 16–17, 20–21–22, 66, 68 in art, 46, 56–57 Ponce, Fidelio, 50 pop art, 57 ¿Por Qué? (Cabrera), 26 Portocarrero, René, 51 Premio Princesa de Asturias prize, 40

Soldevilla, Loló, 56 Sóngoro Cosongo (Guillén), 16 Soviet Union, 56–57 Spain, 7, 8–10, 12, 19, 35

and the Cervantes Prize, 20, 27

Speech (Prieto), 58–59 surrealism, 42, 46, 48–49

Ten Years’ War, 8–9 testimonio , 35–37, 39 tourism, 58 Tres tristes tigres (Cabrera Infante), 34 UNEAC (Cuban Union of Writers and Artists), 17, 21, 37 , 56, 62

Prieto, Wilfredo, 58–59 primitivism, 42, 46, 48

race, 6, 10

and the Afro-Cubanism movement, 12–16 and art, 46, 49 and Yoruba people, 14–15, 26–27 El reino de este mundo (Carpentier), 31, 32 research projects, 23, 41, 59, 69

Vanguardia (artists), 45–50, 53

second generation of the, 50–51, 53–55

Rodríguez, Dagoberto, 58 Rodríguez, Mariano, 51

La vida real (Barnet), 39 Vidal, Antonio, 55 Vista del amanecer en el trópico (Cabrera Infante), 35 Waiting for Snow in Havana (Eire), 64–66 West Indies Ltd. (Guillén), 16 Wyant, Lisa, 28

San Alejandro (Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes), 43, 45 , 46, 50 sculpture, 42 , 51–53, 55, 58 “Self-Portrait of the Other” (Padilla), 22–23

slavery, 13 , 14, 31, 35–36 socialist realism, 56–57

Yoruba people, 14–15, 26–27

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