Pablo Armando Fernández (2 March 1930 – 3 November 2021) was a

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n poet, novelist, essayist and playwright. In 1996, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award and most important award of its type. Born in the

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, Fernández lived in the United States from 1945 to 1959. He attended

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. After the

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he moved back to the island. His early works were personal, but he later wrote on social matters. Fernández has been described as follows: "He has a movie poster face with a full mane of white hair and a Rasputin like goatee, like a more handsome Uncle Ben. Since his return shortly after the revolutionary victory he has been in and out of favor, then in again. Fernández has settled comfortably into a position of responsibility and respect. He is one of the OWs, the Official Writers.""Trading with the Enemy: A Yankee Travels through Castro's Cuba," by Miller, Tom. p. 255.

Bibliography

*''Salterio y lamentación'' (1953) *''Nuevos poemas'' (1955) *''Himnos'' (1961) *''El libro de los héroes'' (1964) *''Campo de amor y de batalla'' (1984) *''El sueño, la razón'' (1988) *''Los niños se despiden'' (1963) *''El vientre del pez'' (1989) *''Aprendiendo a morir'' (1995)

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Pablo Armando Fernández en el Poder de la Palabra
1930 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Cuban poets Cuban male poets Cuban dramatists and playwrights Cuban male dramatists and playwrights Cuban male novelists Cuban essayists Cuban male essayists 20th-century Cuban male writers Cuban expatriates in the United States {{Cuba-writer-stub Columbia University alumni