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Caballero is perhaps best known for his often quoted characterization of Humboldt, who travelled in Cuba in the early 19th century, as the "second discoverer" of the island, after Columbus: "Colón dio a Europa un Nuevo Mundo; Humboldt se lo hizo conocer en lo físico, en lo material, en lo intellectual y lo moral" ("Columbus gave Europe a New ...
Juan Clemente Zenea was a Cuban writer born in Bayamo, Granma, on February 24, 1832. He is recognised as having been a great influence on Cuban literature for reintroducing Romanticism, marking a new age in Hispano-American poetry. In 1845 he enrolled in José de la Luz y Caballero's college, where his inclinations towards literature first ...
Salvador del Muro, governor of Cuba (1972) José de San Martín, Argentine general and independence leader (1988) Antonio Sánchez de Bustamante, Cuban lawyer (1955) Celia Sánchez, party leader (1985) Eduardo Sánchez de Fuentes, Cuban composer (1966) Jose J. Sanchez, general of the army of liberation (1957) Mariano Sánchez Vaillant, general ...
Zayas was born on June 8, 1867, in Havana. [2] His father, Dr. José María de Zayas y Jiménez, was a lawyer and was a professor, deputy director and even director of the prestigious El Salvador school after the death of José de la Luz y Caballero, whose position he would hold until its closure in 1869.
Manuel Sanguily y Garritte was born on March 26, 1848, in Havana, La Habana Province, Spanish Cuba. He was the younger brother of Julio Sanguily. [1] Sanguily was educated in his early years at the El Salvador school under the mentorship of José de la Luz y Caballero. [2]
It all started in Havana. For filmmakers Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson — the directorial duo behind 2019’s Shia LaBeouf-starring underdog hit “The Peanut Butter Falcon” — their next ...
The look of Netflix’s new animated feature “Vivo” is informed by its vibrant Cuban music, a fusion of reggae and mambo. Production designer Carlos Zaragoza kept those lively sounds in mind ...
In his position there, he taught many illustrious Cubans, including José Antonio Saco, Domingo del Monte, José de la Luz y Caballero, and Felipe Poey. Referring to Varela, De la Luz said: "As long as there is thought in Cuba, we will have to remember him, the one who taught us how to think."