About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 21. Chapters: Alberto de la Campa y Roff, Alberto Inocente Alvarez, Alfonso Fraga, Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Carlos Alzugaray Treto, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada, Carlos Saladrigas Zayas, Cosme Torres Espinoza, Dagoberto Rodriguez Barrera, Emilio Nunez Portuondo, Ernesto Dihigo, Felipe Perez Roque, Gonzalo de Quesada y Arostegui, Gonzalo Guell, Gustavo Arcos, Isabel Allende Karam, Isidoro Malmierca Peoli, Jorge Bolanos, Jorge Luis Echarte, Jorge Marti Martinez, Jose Antonio Arbesu, Jose Manuel Cortina, Juan Valdes Figueroa, Luis Andres Vargas Gomez, Manuel Marquez Sterling, Mariano Brull, Melba Hernandez, Miguel Angel de la Campa y Caraveda, Modesto F. Fernandez Diaz-Silveira, Nicolas Arroyo, Orlando Requeijo Gual, Pedro Pablo Prada Quintero, Pedro Rosso Leal, Ramon Sanchez-Parodi Montoto, Raul Roa Garcia, Ricardo Alarcon, Ricardo Wolf, Roberto Agramonte, Roberto Robaina, Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz. Excerpt: Mariano Brull Caballero (February 24, 1891 - June 8, 1956) was a Cuban poet usually associated with the French Symbolist movement. Two Symbolists who strongly influenced him were Stephane Mallarme and Paul Valery. Among Cuban poets of the first half of the 20th century he was the most outstanding of those who wrote poetry for poetry's sake, as opposed to poetry that addressed social issues or poetry that was inspired by the culture of Cubans of African descent. Because of his interest in the sounds of words, he is known for a type of poetry called "jitanjafora" in which the words are virtually meaningless, their sounds all-important. A diplomat by profession, he lived many years in various countries of Europe and the Americas. MARIANO BRULL (1891-1956) upon graduation from the University of Havana in 1913 Brull was born in Camaguey, in eastern Cuba, where his father, Miguel Brull, a Spanish army officer, was stationed. His mother, Celia Caballero, was descended from a family that had resided in Cuba for many generations. As a child he lived in Ceuta (a Spanish colony on the north coast of Africa) and Malaga (a city in southern Spain). It was during his teenage years, as a student in Camaguey, that he discovered his passion for poetry. He and other students founded a short-lived magazine for which they wrote poems and essays. Eagerly reading all the poetry he could, young Brull was especially struck by the work of the French Symbolist poets. In 1908 he moved to Havana where he attended the university, graduating with a Doctor of Law degree at age 22. He worked in a law office but also wrote poetry for the magazine El Figaro. During 1914 and 1915 he was a member of the small group that formed around the Dominican literary critic, Pedro Henriquez Urena. Henriquez, believing Brull had a future as a poet, became his mentor, introducing him to editors and suggesting he read poets whom Brull was not familiar with. In 1916 Brull published his first book of poetry, La casa d
