The Most Famous

Writers from Cuba

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This page contains a list of the greatest Cubans Writers. The pantheon dataset contains 7,302 Writers, 18 of which were born in Cuba. This makes Cuba the birth place of the 56th most number of Writers behind Bosnia & Herzegovina and Nigeria.

Top 10 Cuban Writers

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Cubans Writers of all time. This list of famous Cubans Writers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Cubans Writers.

  1. #1
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    Italo Calvino

    1923 - 1985

    HPI 75.3168 langs
    Italo Calvino is most famous for his novel, "Invisible Cities," which was published in 1972. The novel is a series of imaginary dialogues...Read moreShow less

    Italo Calvino is most famous for his novel, "Invisible Cities," which was published in 1972. The novel is a series of imaginary dialogues between the philosopher Marco Polo and the emperor Kublai Khan.

  2. #2
    Photo of José Martí

    José Martí

    1853 - 1895

    HPI 73.0574 langs

    José Martí is most famous for being a Cuban patriot and poet. He was also a writer, journalist, and revolutionary.

  3. #3
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    Paul Lafargue

    1842 - 1911

    HPI 71.6840 langs

    Paul Lafargue was a French Marxist theorist and activist. He is most famous for his work "The Right to Be Lazy."

  4. #4
    Photo of Nicolás Guillén

    Nicolás Guillén

    1902 - 1989

    HPI 63.6133 langs

    Cuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer (1902–1989)

  5. #10
    Photo of Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

    Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda

    1814 - 1873

    HPI 58.4022 langs

    Cuban-Spanish playwright and poet, editor

People by Birth Decade

Browse notable Cubans Writers grouped by birth decade. Each decade shows the top 10 by HPI; expand to see everyone.

Overlapping Lives

Which Writers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 12 most globally memorable Writers since 1700.

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