Roberto Fernandez Retamar. Circunstancia de poesia, Havana, 1977. ZLO000005

Roberto Fernandez Retamar. Circunstancia de poesia, Havana, 1977. In Spanish. Autograph of Roberto Fernandez Retamar. He was a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Am?ricas. In his role as President of the organization, Fernandez also served on the Council of State of Cuba. An early close confidant of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, he was a central figure in Cuba from the 1959 Revolution until his death in 2019. Fernandez also wrote over a dozen major collections of verse and founded the Casa de las Americas cultural magazine. In 1989, he was awarded the National Prize for Literature, Cuba's national literary award and most important award of its type. SKUZLO000005