Félix Pita Rodriguez (1909-1990) was a

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n journalist, poet and

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. He was born in Bejucal. An active communist, Rodriguez helped to found the Ibero-American Anti-Fascist Committee during the

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. His literary acquaintances included

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. He was exiled from Cuba for many years, living in Latin America and Europe. After Castro's overthrow of the Batista government, he returned to Cuba in 1960. He won Cuba's National Literary Prize in 1985.Profile
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Works

* ''San Abul de Montecallado'', 1945 * ''Corcel de Fuego'', 1948 * ''Tobías'', 1955 * ''Las Noches'', 1964 * ''Historia tan Natural'', 1971 * ''Niños de Vietnam'', 1974 * ''Poesía y Prosa'', 1976 * ''La Pipa de Cerezo'', 1987 * ''Asesor Literario de la Serie de la TV Cubana- En silencio ha tenido que ser'', 1979

References

Cuban male poets Cuban male journalists Cuban literary critics 1909 births 1990 deaths 20th-century Cuban journalists {{Cuba-writer-stub