Poetry. Bilingual Edition. Translated from the Spanish by Roberto Márquez. This bilingual anthology marks the late poet Nicolás Guillén's centenary and presents some of his finest work taken from all periods of his creative life. These poems are marked by Guillén's strong sense of national identity and experience, as well as a recognition of our common humanity.

Author City: Havana CUB

Nicolás Guillén was born in the provincial city of Camagüey, Cuba, on July 10, 1902. His distinguished career included editor of the literary page of Las dos repúblicas. He founded and edited Lis, a literary biweekly. He also wrote for the newspaper El Camagueyano. Guillén's invocation and reliance on the vernacular musical form emerged from the creolization of African and European aesthetics. Not only was Guillén one of Cuba's foremost poets who wrote in many styles, he is regarded as one of the foremost Caribbean poets of the 20th Century.