Nicolás Guillén
Sign in to saveCuban poet, journalist, political activist, and writer (1902–1989)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 10 July 1902
- Died
- 16 July 1989
- Works
- 185
Top works
- Balada
- Bezahlt Mich Nicht
- El crimen fue en Granada
- Obra poética
- The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1970
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 628
- Total plays
- 2,929
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (4th edition)<sup>1</sup>
· 2021 · cited 2,388x
- THE ELEVENTH AND TWELFTH DATA RELEASES OF THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY: FINAL DATA FROM SDSS-III
· 2015 · cited 2,201x
- JASPAR 2022: the 9th release of the open-access database of transcription factor binding profiles
· 2021 · cited 1,792x
- Functional and bioactive properties of collagen and gelatin from alternative sources: A review
· 2011 · cited 1,705x
- SB-431542 Is a Potent and Specific Inhibitor of Transforming Growth Factor-β Superfamily Type I Activin Receptor-Like Kinase (ALK) Receptors ALK4, ALK5, and ALK7
· 2002 · cited 1,469x
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1902-07-10 ) July 10, 1902, Camagüey , Cuba
- Died
- July 16, 1989 (1989-07-16) (aged 87) , Havana , Cuba
- Occupation
- Poet, journalist and political activist
- Education
- University of Havana
- Genre
- Poetry
- Subject
- Black poetry (poesía negra)
- Notable awards
- National Prize for Literature
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Key dates
- Born
- 10 July 1902
- Died
- 16 July 1989
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Article
Nicolás Cristóbal Guillén Batista (10 July 1902 – 16 July 1989) was a Cuban poet, journalist and political activist. He is best remembered as the national poet of Cuba.
Born in Camagüey, Cuba, he studied law at the University of Havana, but abandoned a legal career and worked as both a typographer and journalist. His poetry was published in various magazines from the early 1920s; his first collection, Motivos de son (1930) was strongly influenced by his meeting that year with the African-American poet, Langston Hughes. He drew from son music in his poetry. West Indies, Ltd., published in 1934, was Guillén's first collection with political implications. Cuba's dictatorial Gerardo Machado regime was overthrown in 1933, but political repression intensified. After being jailed in 1936, Guillén joined the Communist Party the next year, traveling to Spain for a Congress of Writers and Artists, and covering the Spanish Civil War as a magazine reporter.