Carlos Loveira (1882–1928) was a Cuban journalist and naturalistic author.
Biography
Carlos Loveira was a journalist and naturalistic author born in
Santa Clara, Cuba
Santa Clara is the capital city of the Cuban province of Villa Clara Province, Villa Clara. It is centrally located in the province and Cuba. Santa Clara is the List of cities in Cuba, fifth-most populous Cuban city, with a population of nearly ...
. Loveira was orphaned at age nine and moved to New York with his mother's family in 1895. He returned to Cuba in 1898 to fight for the country's independence from Spain, and worked as an interpreter for American troops stationed in Cuba during the U.S. occupation.
An anarchist, Loveira was heavily involved in the Cuban socialist and labor movements. After working in the railroad industry throughout Latin America from 1903, he founded the Liga Cubana de Empleados de Ferrocarriles in 1910 and the newspaper ''El Ferrocarrilero'' (1909–1911). He moved from Camagüey to Sagua La Grande after the union failed. Loveira also founded the short-lived newspaper ''Gente Nueva'' and the magazine ''Cauterios''.
Exiled to Mexico in 1913, the author spent the remainder of his life traveling between Mexico, Cuba and the United States working as a labor organizer and lobbyist consulting with the United Nations.
His novels include ''Los inmorales'' (1910), ''Generales y doctores'' (1920), ''Los ciegos'' (1922), ''La última lección'' (1924) and ''Juan Criollo'' (1927).
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Carlos Loveira collectionis available at th
Cuban Heritage CollectionUniversity of Miami Libraries
The Carlos Loveira Collection contains manuscripts, clippings, photographs, and written documents.
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1882 births
1928 deaths
Cuban journalists
Cuban male journalists
Cuban exiles
Cuban male writers
20th-century journalists