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José Martí
José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban nationalist, poet, philosopher, essayist, journalist, translator, professor, and publisher, who is considered a Cuban national hero because of his role in the liberation of his country from Spain. He was also an important figure in Latin American literature. He was a political activist and is considered an important philosopher and political theorist. Through hi…
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culture · Cuban national hero (1853–1895) · linguist · poet · writer · translator · military personnel · politician · essayist · journalist · painter · revolutionary · also José Martí, Jose Marianela, Martí
Born 28 January 1853 · Died 19 May 1895 · Q103285
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2024· 1 entry
2023· 1 entry
BroadwayWorld: José Martí Comes to Life in the U.S Premiere of HIERRO in Miami Next Month
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2022· 1 entry
UNESCO: UNESCO seeks nominations for the International UNESCO/José Martí Prize 2023
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2018· 1 entry
CounterPunch: José Martí, Soul of the Cuban Revolution
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2016· 1 entry
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro was buried next to Martí in Santiago
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2009· 1 entry
A bronze statue was built on Boulevard Louis Blanc, in Montpellier, the first such statue of Martí in France
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1985· 1 entry
In José Martí: Poesía completa
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1983· 1 entry
In José Martí: Obras completas
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1980· 1 entry
Nicaraguan poet Ernesto Mejía Sánchez produced a set of about thirty of Martí's articles written for the Mexican newspaper El Partido Liberal that weren't included in any of his so-called Obras Completas editions
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1956· 1 entry
The land was gifted to Cuba and the park was officially dedicated in 1960
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1913· 1 entry
Also in this edition, his third poetic collection that he had kept unedited: Versos Libres
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1895· 5 entries
Died 1895-05-19.
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“Rights are to be taken, not requested; seized, not begged for.”
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“Men of action, above all those whose actions are guided by love, live forever. Other famous men, those of much talk and few deeds, soon evaporate. Action is the dignity of greatness.”
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“I dream awake" ["Ismaelillo"]”
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“The motherland is an altar, not a platform.”
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1894· 1 entry
Continued traveling for propagation and organizing the revolutionary movement
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1893· 2 entries
“The Abolition of Slavery in Puerto Rico”
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Martí traveled through the United States, Central America and the West Indies, visiting different Cuban clubs
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1887· 1 entry
Career landmark: consul (1887–1892).
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1882· 1 entry
The formation of a revolutionary party, which he considered essential in the prevention of Cuba falling back on the Home Rule Party (Partido Autonomista) after the Pact of Zanjón
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1881· 2 entries
After a brief stay in New York, Martí travelled to Venezuela and founded in Caracas the Revista Venezolana, or Venezuelan Review
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And later selected for inclusion in The Library of America's anthology of American True Crime writing
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1878· 1 entry
Martí returned to Guatemala and published his book Guatemala, edited in Mexico
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1877· 1 entry
Using his second name and second surname Julián Pérez as pseudonym, Martí embarked for Havana, hoping to arrange to move his family away to Mexico City from Havana
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1875· 1 entry
Martí lived on Calle Moneda in Mexico City near the Zócalo, a prestigious address of the time
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1873· 1 entry
Martí's "A mis Hermanos Muertos el 27 de Noviembre" was published by Fermín Valdés
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1871· 1 entry
Inspired a tract, Political Imprisonment in Cuba, published in July
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1869· 2 entries
Published his first political writings in the only edition of the newspaper El Diablo Cojuelo, published by Fermín Valdés Domínguez
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In Cuba and which established the extent of his political commitment and vision for Cuba
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1868· 1 entry
Clubs of supporters for the Cuban nationalist cause formed all over Cuba, and José and his friend Fermín joined them
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1867· 1 entry
Also entered the school of San Pablo, established and managed by Mendive, where he enrolled for the second and third years of his bachelor's degree and assisted Mendive with the school's administrative tasks
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1866· 1 entry
Martí entered the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza where Mendive financed his studies
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1865· 1 entry
Enrolled in the Escuela de Instrucción Primaria Superior Municipal de Varones that was headed by Rafael María de Mendive
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1853· 1 entry
Born 1853-01-28.
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