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! Name
! Year of birth/death
! Portrait
! Notes
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|[https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/washingtontimes/name/agustin-blazquez-obituary?id=38287544 Agustin Blazquez]
| 1944–2022
| [[File:Agustin Blazquez.jpg|thumb]]
| Author of THE KILLER FLIES OF LUXOR: Partial Autobiography. Travel Chronicles. Dreams. Fantasies. 
2023 
publisher/imprint
Penny-a-Page Press

A collection of his essays was published in collaboration with Carlos Wotzkow by Alexandria Library under the Title Cubriendo y Descubriendo/Covering and Discovering (2001). He also did the English Translation for Luise Grave de Peralta Morel’s The Mafia of Havana: The Cuban  Cosa Nostra (2002).
|-
| [[Luis Senarens]] 
| 1865–1939 
| [[File:Luis Philip Senarens, the American Jules Verne.jpg|thumb]] 
| The most popular American science fiction writer of the late 19th century, widely known as "the American Jules Verne."
|-
| [[Alex Abella]] 
| 1950– 
| <!--PORTRAIT--> 
| Mystery/crime novelist, non-fiction writer, and journalist
|-
| [[Iván Acosta]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT--> 
| Playwright; works include ''[[El Super]]'' (movie version 1979) and ''[[Un cubiche en la luna]]'' (1989)<ref name=Zimmerman>Marc Zimmerman, ''U.S. Latino Literature: An Essay and Annotated Bibliography'', MARCH/Abrazo, 1992.</ref>
|-
| [[Mercedes de Acosta]]
| 1893–1968
| [[File:Mercedes de Acosta.jpg|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
|[[Robert Arellano]]
|1969–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
|Novelist; works include ''Havana Lunar'' (2010 [[Edgar Award]] finalist) and ''Havana Libre'' (2017).
|-
| [[Reinaldo Arenas]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1943–1990
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
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| [[René Ariza]]
| 1940–1994 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| {{interlanguage link|Octavio Armand|es}}
| 1946– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| [[Joaquín Badajoz]]
| 1972– 
| [[File:Joaquín Badajoz.jpg|50px]]
| Poet, author, essayist ([[North American Academy of the Spanish Language]], fellow member)
|-
| Jesús J. Barquet<ref name="Urioste2017">{{cite book|author=Donaldo W. Urioste|display-authors=etal|title=Historical Dictionary of U.S. Latino Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E3CIDQAAQBAJ|year=2017|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4422-7549-2}}</ref>
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[José Barreiro]]{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| 1948–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Ruth Behar]]{{sfn|Álvarez Borland|1998}}
| 1956– 
| [[File:Ruth Behar.jpg|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Juana Borrero]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1877–1896
| [[File:Juana Borrero.jpg|50px]]
| Poet
|-
| [[Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros]]{{sfn|Lazo|2005}}
| 1803–1866
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Richard Blanco]]{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| 1968– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| American poet, public speaker, author and civil engineer
|-
| [[Rafael Campo (poet)|Rafael Campo]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1964–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Physician and author
|-
| [[Yanitzia Canetti]]
| 1967–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Alejo Carpentier]]
| 1904–1980 
| [[File:Alejocarpentier.jpg|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Lourdes Casal]]
| 1938–1981 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| [[Sandra M. Castillo]]{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet
|-
| [[Carlota Caulfield]]
| 
|
| Poet, academic, author of ''A Mapmaker’s Diary, Ticket to Ride, At the Paper Gates with Burning Desire.''
|-
| [[Daína Chaviano]]
| 1957–
| [[File:Daína Chaviano.jpg|50px]]
| Novelist, poet, and award-winning novelist of [[Premio Azorín|Azorín Prize for Best Novel]] (Spain), among other international awards. 
|-
| [[Migdia Chinea-Varela]]
| 1971– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| Rene Cifuentes<ref name="Urioste2017" />
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| Miguel Correa<ref name="Urioste2017" />
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Nilo Cruz]]
| 1960– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Playwright{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
|-
| [[Silvia Curbelo]]
| 1955– {{sfn|Suárez|1996}} 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Belkis Cuza Malé]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1942–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Frederick A. de Armas]]
| 1945– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Literary scholar and novelist; novels include [[El abra del Yumurí]] (2016), [[Sinfonía Salvaje]] (2019)
|-
| [[Miguel A. De La Torre]]
| 1958– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Carmen Agra Deedy]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| Pura del Prado{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1931–1996<ref name="Ruiz2006">{{cite book|editor1= Vicki L. Ruiz |editor2= Virginia Sánchez Korrol |title=Latinas in the United States: a Historical Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_62IjQ-XQScC|year= 2006|publisher=Indiana University Press|isbn=0-253-11169-2}}</ref>
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Carlos Eire]]
| 1950– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Memoirist{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
|-
| [[Margarita Engle]]{{sfn|Álvarez Borland|1998}}
| 1951–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Frank Fernández (writer)|Frank Fernández]]
| 1934– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Roberto G. Fernández]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1951– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Eugenio Florit]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1903–1999
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[María Irene Fornés]]
| 1930–2018
| [[File:María Irene Fornés (2012).jpg|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Paula Fox]]
| 1923–2017 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Carlos Franqui]]
| 1921–2010 
| [[File:CarlosyPoema2.JPG|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Cristina García (journalist)|Cristina García]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1958– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Carolina Garcia-Aguilera]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1949– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| Miguel Garcia Ramos<ref name="Urioste2017" />
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Valentina L. Garza]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Jorge Enrique González Pacheco]]
| 1969–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet 
|-
| [[Ibis Gómez-Vega]]
| 1952– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist 
|-
| [[Celedonio González]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist; works include ''[[Los primos]]'' (1971) and ''[[Los cuatro embajadores]]'' (1973)<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| [[Lillian Guerra]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Historian; works include ''The Myth of José Martí: Conflicting Nationalisms in Early Twentieth-Century Cuba'' (2005) and ''Visions of Power in Cuba: Revolution, Redemption and Resistance, 1959-1971'' (2012)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Alumni Bios – From Dartmouth Alum to Faculty of Color: How the Liberal Arts Help Diversify the Profession|url=https://sites.dartmouth.edu/alumnisymposium/alumni-bios/|access-date=2021-04-01|website=sites.dartmouth.edu}}</ref>
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| Jorge Guitart{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet
|-
| Andrea O'Reilly Herrera{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist, academic [http://www.uccs.edu/knapsack/institute-faculty/andrea-oreilly-herrera-phd.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228003648/http://www.uccs.edu/knapsack/institute-faculty/andrea-oreilly-herrera-phd.html |date=February 28, 2017 }}
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| [[Oscar Hijuelos]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1951–2013 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Daniel Iglesias Kennedy]]
| 1950– 
| [[File:Daniel Iglesias Kennedy.jpg|50px]]
| Novelist, academic, author of ''Esta tarde se pone el sol''(2001) ''Espacio vacío'' (2003) El marmitón apacible (2006) among others.
|-
| [[Enrique Labrador Ruiz]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1902–1991
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Robert Lima (poet)|Robert Lima]]
| 1935– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet, playwright and literary critic; grandson of Cuban patriot Col. Alfredo Lima Tardiff
|-
| [[Melinda Lopez]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Playwright{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
|-
| [[Eduardo Machado]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1953– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[José Martí]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1853–1895 
| [[File:MartiJohnManuel K TRestauration.jpg|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Dionisio D. Martinez]]{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| 1956– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Pablo Medina]]
| 1960– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| [[Ana Menéndez]]
| 1970– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| {{interlanguage link|Matías Montes Huidobro|es}}
| 1931–2022
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist; works include ''[[Desterrados al fuego]]'' (1975)<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| Gean Moreno
| 1972– {{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Elías Miguel Muñoz]]
| 1954– {{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet and novelist, author of ''[[Crazy Love (novel)|Crazy Love]]'' (1988) and ''[[The Greatest Performance]]'' (1991), as well as works in Spanish<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| [[Victor Nickolich]]<ref name="LB1">{{cite web |last1=Nickolich |first1=Victor |title=The Lynx Book |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lynx_Book}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=February 2020}} 
| 1951–
| [[File:Victor Hugo Nickolich.jpg|50px]]
| Non-fiction writer, historian and athlete. His works include [[The Lynx Book]] (2016)<ref name="Nick1">{{cite book |last1=Nickolich |first1=Victor |title=The Lynx |date=2016 |publisher=Shreiber Press |isbn=978-0997979930 |pages=322}}</ref> and the Spanish version '' El Lince '' (2018)<ref name="Nick5">{{cite book |last1=Nickolich |first1=Victor |title=El Lince |date=2018 |publisher=Shreiber Press |isbn=978-0997979947 |pages=412 |url=https://www.amazon.com/El-Lince-Spanish-Victor-Nickolich/dp/0997979941/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=el+lince+victor+nickolich&qid=1573765240&sr=8-1}}</ref>
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| [[Anaïs Nin]]
| 1903–1977 
| [[Image:Anais Nin.jpg|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| {{interlanguage link|Lino Novás Calvo|es}}
| 1903–1983 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist; works include ''[[Maneras de contar]]'' (1970)<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| [[Ana Rosa Núñez]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1926–1999
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet, librarian
|-
| [[Achy Obejas]]{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| 1956– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Mirta Ojito]]<ref name="Urioste2017" />
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Herberto Padilla]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1932–2000
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Ricardo Pau-Llosa]]
| 1954–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
|-
| {{interlanguage link|Luis de la Paz|es}}<ref name="Urioste2017" />
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Manuel Pereiras García]]
| 1950–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Gustavo Pérez Firmat]]
| 1949–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| "Poet, memoirist, literary critic"{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
|-
| [[Carlos Pintado]]
| 1974– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Author, playwright and award-winning poet of Sant Jordi International Prize for Poetry
|-
| [[Juana Rosa Pita]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1939–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
|[[Dolores Prida]]
| 1943–2013 
|<!--PORTRAIT Write Poetry and short stories, Spanish, English and bilingual work - Does theater  presentations/play writer.-->
| Playwright; English-language works include those collected in ''[[Beautiful Señoritas and Other Plays]]'' (1991)<ref name=Zimmerman/>
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| [[Jorge Reyes (writer)|Jorge Reyes]]
| 1972–2015 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| Beatriz Rivera{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist
|-
| [[Isel Rivero]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet, academic [https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Latina_and_Latino_Literature/Cecilia_Rodriguez-_Milanes]
|-
| [[Enrique Sacerio-Garí]]
| 1945– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Author of ''[[Poemas interreales]]'', ''[[Para llegar a La Habana]]'', and ''[[El mercado de la memoria]]''
|-
| [[Antonio Sacre]]
| 1968– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[José Sánchez-Boudy]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Poet<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| {{interlanguage link|Pedro Santacilia|es}}{{sfn|Lazo|2005}}
| 1826–1910
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Armando Simon]]
| 1951–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist-A Cuban from Kansas, Very Peculiar Stories, The Cult of Suicide and Other SciFi Stories. Dramatist-Conundrum, Pro Se, Carnada, Infidel!
|-
| [[Virgil Suárez]]
| 1962–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist, poet{{sfn|Ortíz|2013}}
|-
| [[Piri Thomas]]
| 1928–2011
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Miguel Teurbe Tolón]]{{sfn|Lazo|2005}}
| 1820–1857
| [[File:Miguel Teurbe Tolón.png|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Omar Torres]]
| <!--YEARS--> 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| Novelist; works include ''[[Apenas un bolero]]'' (1981), ''[[Al partir (novel)|Al partir]]'' (1986), and ''[[Fallen Angels Sing]]'' (1991)<ref name=Zimmerman/>
|-
| [[Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez]]
| 1969–
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Roberto Valero]]<ref name="Urioste2017" />
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Félix Varela]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1788–1853
| [[File:The V. Rev. Felix Varela, D.D.jpg|50px]]
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Charlie Vázquez]]
| 1971– 
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Dan Vera]]
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| {{interlanguage link|Carlos Victoria|es}}<ref name="Urioste2017" />
| <!--YEARS-->
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Cirilo Villaverde]]{{sfn|Lazo|2005}}
| 1812–1894
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Rubén Martínez Villena]]{{sfn|Hospital|1996}}
| 1899–1934
| 
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[José Yglesias]]{{sfn|Suárez|1996}}
| 1919–1995
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
| [[Juan Clemente Zenea]]{{sfn|Lazo|2005}}
| 1832–1871
| <!--PORTRAIT-->
| <!--NOTES-->
|-
|}

== See also ==
{{Portal|Literature}}
* [[Cuban American literature]]
* [[List of Cuban writers]]
* [[List of Cuban women writers]]
* [[List of Cuban Americans]]
* [[Before Columbus Foundation]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book 
|editor1=Carolina Hospital |editor2=Jorge Cantera 
|title=A Century of Cuban Writers in Florida: Selected Prose and Poetry |url=https://archive.org/details/centuryofcubanwr0000hosp |url-access=registration |publisher=[[Pineapple Press]] |location=Sarasota |isbn=978-1-56164-104-8 |year= 1996
|ref= {{harvid|Hospital|1996}}
}} (Anthology; includes writer biographies)
* {{cite book 
|editor1= Virgil Suárez |editor2=Delia Poey
|title=Little Havana Blues: a Cuban-American Literature Anthology|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781558851603|url-access= registration |year=1996|publisher=[[Arte Público Press]] |location=Houston |isbn=978-1-61192-207-3
|ref = {{harvid|Suárez|1996}}
}} (Anthology; includes writer biographies)
* {{cite book
|author=Isabel Álvarez Borland 
|title= Cuban–American Literature of Exile: From Person to Persona |publisher= University of Virginia Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Zu3xtTme4YC |year= 1998 
|ref = {{harvid|Álvarez Borland|1998}}
}}[http://www.holycross.edu/academics/programs/spanish/faculty/isabel-alvarez-borland]
* {{cite book 
|author= Rodrigo Lazo
|title=Writing to Cuba: Filibustering and Cuban Exiles in the United States |publisher=University of North Carolina Press |isbn=0807829307 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hWsBXgzwREYC |series= Envisioning Cuba |year= 2005 
|ref = {{harvid|Lazo|2005}}
}} [http://www.faculty.uci.edu/profile.cfm?faculty_id=5139]
* {{cite book
|editor1=Suzanne Bost |editor2=Frances R. Aparicio |editor2-link=Frances Aparicio |title= Routledge Companion to Latino/a Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=90MHF_rZuCwC|year= 2013 |publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-22160-6
|chapter=Canons: Cuban-American Literature |pages=413–422
|author= Ricardo L. Ortíz
|ref = {{harvid|Ortíz|2013}}
}} [http://explore.georgetown.edu/people/ortizr/]

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