by Miguel Barnet · ISBN 9788478444137
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Cimarron is a work by Miguel Barnet that presents 39 and a half biographies of writers, illustrated with their portraits. The book reveals unpublished and unusual aspects of the lives of Spanish and Latin American writers, showing how knowledge of their lives can enrich the experience of reading their works. Originally published in the «Rinconete» section of the Cervantes virtual center, these portraits offer a fascinating journey through the lives of literary figures such as Baroja, Valle-Inclán, Lezama Lima, Virgilio Piñera, Zambrano, Lorca, Monterroso and Rulfo.
Miguel Ángel Barnet Lanza is a Cuban writer, novelist and ethnographer. Known as an expert on Afro-Cuban culture, he studied sociology at the University of Havana, under Fernando Ortiz, the pioneer of Cuban anthropology. Barnet is best known for his Biografia de un cimarrón (1966), the life of Esteban Montejo, a former slave who was 103 when they met. He had escaped and lived as a marron before slavery was abolished in Cuba.
