In a message posted on the social network X, the head of state expressed his condolences to family members, friends and colleagues of the renowned intellectual.

For her outstanding work, García Carranza was deserving of numerous recognitions, among which stand out the Order Felix Varela de Primer Grado (2022), the Order Carlos J. Finlay (2021) and the National Prize of Librarianship Emilio Setién Quesada for the work of life (2021), as well as the Catauro Prize.

Librarian and researcher with more than 60 years of service, the doctor developed her career in the National Library of Cuba Jose Marti, institution from which she rose as the major Cuban and Ibero-American bibliographer of the twentieth century.

From her career stand out works of reference and almost a hundred collaborations in catalogs and national and foreign magazines, which are central contributions to the development of Ibero-American culture.

The work of the outstanding biblio-grapher becomes a source of reference and guide for researchers, teachers and students. abo/jha/mks