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Luisa Pérez De Zambrana ) was a Cuban writer and translator. She was one of Cuba's greatest poets.
Luisa Pérez de Zambrana (25 August 1837, El Cobre – 25 March 1922, Havana Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center. Life Luisa Pérez y Montes de Oca, was born near El Cobre, Cuba, in 1837. Her sister was the poet, Julia Pérez Montes de Oca. In 1858, Luisa married Dr. Ramon Zambrana, an eminent man of letters of Havana. She wrote a lot when young, and published a volume of poems in 1856. In addition to her poems she wrote ''Angelica and Estrella'' and other novels, and she also translated works from French and Italian. See also |
El Cobre, Cuba
El Cobre is a Cuban town and ''consejo popular'' ("people's council", i.e. hamlet) of the municipality of Santiago de Cuba, capital of the homonym province, with a population of about 7,000. Mainly known for a Basilica in honour of Our Lady of Charity, the patron saint of Cuba, it was until recently the site of a large copper mine worked by slaves, free coloured people, and for a while by miners from Cornwall. History Colonial era The town of El Cobre grew up around the Cobre mine, the first open pit copper mine in Cuba. It is about north west of Santiago Bay in the Sierra Maestra mountains. Copper was first mined there in 1532. The Spanish crown confiscated the mines in 1670 after the private contractor had failed to comply with the terms of his contract and had neglected them for years. 270 private slaves became the property of the king, and the town of El Cobre became a pueblo of king's slaves and free coloured people, a unique type of settlement in Cuba. By 1730 El Cobre w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Havana
Havana (; Spanish: ''La Habana'' ) is the capital and largest city of Cuba. The heart of the La Habana Province, Havana is the country's main port and commercial center.Cuba ''''. . The city has a population of 2.3million inhabitants, and it spans a total of – making it the largest city by area, the most populous city, and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julia Pérez Montes De Oca
Julia Pérez Montes de Oca (1839 - September 25, 1875) was a Cuban poet, sister of the poet Luisa Pérez de Zambrana. Early life and education Julia Pérez Montes de Oca was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, in 1839. There, she received her education. Her older sister was the poet Luisa Perez de Zambrana, with whom she always maintained a good friendship as well as with Luisa's husband, Dr. Ramon Zambrana. In fact, the family's connection to Zamabrana was such that when Luisa married Ramon, the whole family moved to Havana. Career Interested in poetry from a young age, Pérez published her first poems in the newspapers ''Redactor de Santiago de Cuba'' and ''Kaleidoscopio de la Habana'', and later collaborated with other Cuban and foreign journals. She attended artistic and literary meetings, where she recited her compositions. Her work was praised both by her sister and by the press of the time, who quoted one of the readings as "moving". Her poetry was part of the second Romantici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of People On The Postage Stamps Of Cuba
This article lists people who have been featured on Cuban postage stamps. Note that many of these people have been featured on multiple stamps. The following entries list the name of the person, the first year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. The list is complete through 2014. A * Angel Arturo Aballi, physician (1958) * Eduardo Agramonte, physician and revolutionary (1972) * Ignacio Agramonte, revolution leader (1910) * Joaquín de Agüero, freedom fighter and patriot (1957) * Julián Aguirre, Argentina charango musician (1991) * José Maria Aguirre, general (1956) * Miguel Aldama, Cuban politician (1956) *Eloy Alfaro Delgado, president of Ecuador (1943) *Alfonso XII of Spain, king of Spain (1876) *Alfonso XIII of Spain, king of Spain (1890) * Salvador Allende, president of Chile (1974) * Tony Aloma, revolution leader (1966) * Daniel Alomia, Peru flute musician (1991) * Alonso de Ojeda, Spanish navigator, governor and conquistad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1837 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The destructive Galilee earthquake causes 6,000–7,000 casualties in Ottoman Syria. * January 26 – Michigan becomes the 26th state admitted to the United States. * February – Charles Dickens's '' Oliver Twist'' begins publication in serial form in London. * February 4 – Seminoles attack Fort Foster in Florida. * February 25 – In Philadelphia, the Institute for Colored Youth (ICY) is founded, as the first institution for the higher education of black people in the United States. * March 1 – The Congregation of Holy Cross is formed in Le Mans, France, by the signing of the Fundamental Act of Union, which legally joins the Auxiliary Priests of Blessed Basil Moreau, CSC, and the Brothers of St. Joseph (founded by Jacques-François Dujarié) into one religious association. * March 4 ** Martin Van Buren is sworn in as the eighth President of the United States. ** The city of Chicago is incorporated. April–June * April 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1922 Deaths
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People From Santiago De Cuba
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Women Novelists
Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a person who is part of the Cuban population, see Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban cigar, often referred to as "Cubans" * Cuban culture * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich * Cuban-eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * Cuban Missile Crisis * List of Cubans * * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Kuban (other) * Cubane Cubane () is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound that consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid cry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Poets
Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a person who is part of the Cuban population, see Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban cigar, often referred to as "Cubans" * Cuban culture * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich * Cuban-eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * Cuban Missile Crisis * List of Cubans * * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Kuban (other) * Cubane Cubane () is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound that consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid crys ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuban Women Poets
Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a person who is part of the Cuban population, see Demographics of Cuba * Cuban Spanish, the dialect of Cuba * Cuban Americans, citizens of the United States who are of Cuban descent * Cuban cigar, often referred to as "Cubans" * Cuban culture * Cuban cuisine ** Cuban sandwich * Cuban-eight, a type of aerobatic maneuver People with the surname * Brian Cuban (born 1961), American lawyer and activist * Mark Cuban (born 1958), American entrepreneur See also * Cuban Missile Crisis * List of Cubans * * Cuban Boys, a British music act * Kuban (other) * Cubane Cubane () is a synthetic hydrocarbon compound that consists of eight carbon atoms arranged at the corners of a cube, with one hydrogen atom attached to each carbon atom. A solid c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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