Personalities

Fayad Jamis Bernal

Died in Havana on November 13, 1988 Fayad Jamis was a prominent poet, painter and teacher.

He was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, on October 27, 1930, but his life and work are related to Cuba, where he lived for many years until his death occurred.

His father was Cuban of Arab descent and his mother was Mexican. His childhood and

Dulce Maria Loynaz

The outstanding writer Dulce Maria Loynaz is the only Cuban creator who for her outstanding work the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language conferred the Cervantes Prize in 1992.

A few years before in Cuba he had been awarded the National Prize for Literature.

She was considered the greatest Cuban writer of the twentieth centu

Jose Maria López Lledin, The Knight of Paris

In the second half of the twentieth century in Havana, a character who was simply identified as The Knight of Paris became famous.
Even the notable Cuban composer and musician Antonio Maria Romeu composed a danzon that became popular in which he said: "Look who's coming, the Knight of Paris."
Almost nobody knew his re

Felix Varela

He died in San Agustin de la Florida, on February 25, 1853, where he had settled in his exile to try to find a more appropriate climate to deal with the illness that had afflicted him since years ago. Father Felix Varela was considered the The first revolutionary intellectual of Cuba, the man, according to one of his disciples, who taught us wha

Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring

Dr. Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring was a notable Cuban researcher who, with the work done as Founding Director of the Office of the City Historian, made a significant contribution to the development of research and the dissemination of the history of Havana.

Emilio Roig in Havana on August 23, 1889. He initially studied at the school of B