Nicolás Guillén

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Nicolás Guillén was born in Camagüey, Cuba. He studied law at the University of Havana, and worked as a typographer and journalist. He began publishing poetry in various magazines in the 1920s. His first collection of poetry, Motivos de son, was published in 1930. He wrote poems critical of the government and was arrested and jailed in 1936. In 1937 he travelled to Spain to attend a Congress of Writers and Artists and to report on the Spanish Civil War. In 1940, having returned to Cuba, he ran in local elections as a member of the Communist Party.

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El son entero
Representative edition published 2008
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¡Aquí estamos!
Representative edition published 2008
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El libro de los sones
Representative edition published 2007
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El crimen fue en Granada
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Son Entero, El - Cantos Para Soldados y Sones Para Turistas
Representative edition published 2006
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Summa Poetica
Representative edition published 2005
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Yoruba from Cuba
Representative edition published 2005
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My Last Name
Representative edition published 2004
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My last name and other poems
Representative edition published 2004
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Man-making words
Representative edition published 2003
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Man-making Words
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Dónde nacen las aguas
Representative edition published 2002
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Sóngoro cosongo y otros poemas
Representative edition published 2002
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Poemas De Amor/ Love Poems
Representative edition published 2002
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Songoro cosongo y otros poemas / Songoro cosongo and other Poems
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Los más bellos poemas de amor del mundo
Representative edition published 2001
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Isla De Rojo Coral
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Poemas De Amor
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Sóngoro cosongo y otros poemas
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Por el mar de las Antillas anda un barco de papel
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Elegía a Jesús Menéndez
Representative edition published 1998
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Poemas de amor y Música de cámara
Representative edition published 1997
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Poemas de amor y Música de cámara
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Summa poética
Representative edition published 1997
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