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Cuban writer Leonardo Padura vindicates Chandler, Vazquez Montalban

Published on: February 7, 2023
14:14

By: Juan M. Garcia

Barcelona, Feb 7 (Prensa Latina) The new winner of the Pepe Carvalho Award at the BCNegra Festival, Cuban writer Leonardo Padura on Tuesday vindicated the relevance of Raymond Chandler and Manuel Vazquez Montalban.

Cuba honors singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez on his 76th birthday

Published on: November 29, 2022
12:10

By: Ana Luisa Brown

Havana, Nov 29 (Prensa Latina) Considered an icon of Cuba's New Song Movement (Nueva Trova, in Spanish), with songs that have become Cuba's soundtrack, singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez is celebrating his 76th birthday on Tuesday, after a prolific career on stages worldwide.

New Family Code calls for cultural change in Cuba

Published on: September 21, 2022
18:36

By: Pavel López Lazo

Havana, Sep 21 (Prensa Latina) The new Family Code in Cuba calls for a cultural change, as confirmed on Wednesday by writer Victor Fowler in a meeting to analyze the new bill to be decided by people in four days.

Rodolfo Walsh’s legacy honored in Cuba

Published on: March 25, 2022
15:14

By: Aleynes Palacios Hurtado

Havana, Mar 25 (Prensa Latina) President of Casa de las Americas (House of the Americas), Abel Prieto, recalled Friday the legacy of Argentinian writer, journalist and revolutionary Rodolfo Walsh, on the 45th anniversary of his assassination in Buenos Aires.

Cuban journalist and writer Marta Rojas died

Published on: October 4, 2021
12:05

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Oct 4 (Prensa Latina) Cuban journalist and writer Marta Rojas died on Monday at 90 and still exercising her profession, Cubaperiodista website reported.

Casa de las Americas in Cuba evoked Peruvian writer’s short stories

Published on: August 31, 2021
13:53

By: Prensa Latina

Havana, Aug 31 (Prensa Latina) Casa de las Americas in Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday alluded to the selection of short stories by Peruvian writer Julio Ramon Ribeyro, published by that cultural institution in 1975 and included in its La Honda collection.

French analyst describes US blockade against Cuba as state terrorism

Published on: June 28, 2021
12:07

By: Prensa Latina

Paris, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) French journalist and writer Maurice Lemoine on Monday described as state terrorism the policy of economic and commercial blockade imposed for more than 60 years by the presidents of the United States on Cuba.

Celestino Award honors work of Latin American writer in Cuba

Published on: June 17, 2021
11:41

By: Prensa Latina

Holguin, Cuba, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The 22nd edition of the Celestino Short Story Award on Thursday began its third day with a lecture about Latin American short story, as a tribute to Augusto Monterroso, one of its greatest references.

Venezuelan president extols Romulo Gallegos’s literary legacy

Published on: April 5, 2021
13:20

By: Prensa Latina

Caracas, Apr 5 (Prensa Latina) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday extolled the legacy of novelist and politician Romulo Gallegos (1884-1969), on the occasion of the 52nd anniversary of his death.

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