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Cintio Vitier

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Shintio Vitier

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-09-25 （Key West, Florida）
Died
2009-10-01 （Havana, Cuba） age 88
Nationality
Cuban
Languages
Spanish
Residence History
Matanzas, Cuba → Havana, Cuba

Career

Occupations
poet, essayist, novelist
Active Years
1938-2009
Affiliations
Orígenes
Memberships
Cuban Academy of Sciences
Influenced By
Juan Ramón Jiménez

Education

University of Havana
Faculty of Law
Degree: 法学士
Year of Graduation: 1947
Country: Cuba
Graduated as an attorney in 1947

Awards

Juan Rulfo Prize
2002
Organization: Guadalajara International Book Fair
Result: 受賞
National Prize for Literature
1988
Organization: Cuba
Result: 受賞
Order of José Martí
Organization: Cuban Council of State
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Extrañeza de estar

1944 Poetry

The wonder of being

nature of poetrymemorylanguage

Vísperas

1953 Poetry

Vespers

Cuban spirit

Lo cubano en la poesía

1958 Criticism

The Cuban element in poetry

Cuban poetry

Peña Pobre

Novel

Prominent novel

Bibliography

  • Poemas
  • Cincuenta años de poesía cubana, 1902–1952
  • Testimonios
  • La fecha al pie

Translations by Author

  • José Martí, Cuban Apostle: A Dialogue (with Daisaku Ikeda)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
hermetic poetrycapturing the spirit of the revolution without propaganda
Recurring Motifs
nature of poetryfunction of memoryrole of language

Legacy

One of the most important writers of his generation, capturing the Cuban revolutionary spirit.

Archives

  • Cuban National Library

In Popular Culture

  • Sons are prominent composers Sergio Vitier and José María Vitier

Trivia

  • Born in Key West with Cuban nationality
  • Married to poet Fina García Marruz
  • Fidel and Raúl Castro sent wreaths to his funeral