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Born July 16, 1943 • Holguín • Cuba
Died December 7, 1990 (aged 47) • New York City • New York
Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian author
Lezama Lima, José
José Lezama Lima
Cuban author
Severo Sarduy
Cuban writer
Antonio Benítez Rojo
Cuban writer
Miguel Barnet
Cuban writer
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban author
Cintio Vitier
Cuban writer
Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir
French writer
Sir Stephen Spender
English poet
Jaime Torres Bodet
Mexican writer and statesman
Novelist Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
British writer
Bryce Echenique, Alfredo
Alfredo Bryce Echenique
Peruvian novelist
Mulk Raj Anand
Mulk Raj Anand
Indian author
Albert Steffen
Swiss writer
José Martí
José Martí
Cuban patriot
Alejo Carpentier
Cuban author
Heberto Padilla
Cuban poet
Roberto Fernández Retamar
Cuban author and critic
Virgilio Piñera
Cuban writer
Daína Chaviano
Cuban author