Ediciones Universal is a publishing house founded in

Miami, Florida Miami is a East Coast of the United States, coastal city in the U.S. state of Florida and the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade County in South Florida. It is the core of the Miami metropolitan area, which, with a populat ...

, US, in 1965 by Juan Manuel and Marta O. Salvat. The biggest publishing house among the

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

n exile community, it is largely dedicated to publishing material critical of the

communist Communism () is a sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology within the socialist movement, whose goal is the creation of a communist society, a socioeconomic order centered on common ownership of the means of production, di ...

Cuban leader

Fidel Castro Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and President of Cuba, president ...

. Ediciones Universal's website describes its mission as "to rescue essential works of Cuban culture and make them available to readers." The company claims responsibility for publishing over 1,000

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-language texts by

expatriate An expatriate (often shortened to expat) is a person who resides outside their native country. The term often refers to a professional, skilled worker, or student from an affluent country. However, it may also refer to retirees, artists and ...

Cuban authors. Though political, social and biographical works make up the majority of its collection, Ediciones Universal also publishes literary works as well as books on art, photography,

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interest and other topics. Notable authors whose works have appeared under the Ediciones Universal imprint include the columnist

Carlos Alberto Montaner Carlos Alberto Montaner Suris (3 April 1943 – 29 June 2023) was an exiled Cuban author and journalist known for his criticism of Fidel Castro and the Cuban government. He was published widely in Latin American newspapers, and produced fictio ...

, the activist businessman Enrique Ros and the writer

Reinaldo Arenas Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who is known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government. His memoir of the Cuban dissident movement and of bei ...

. The company provides literature and scholarly articles to

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in co-operation with the university's Latin American & Caribbean Information Center.

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External links

Ediciones Universal official website (Spanish)
Publishing companies of the United States Cuban expatriates in the United States Companies based in Miami Publishing companies established in 1965 Exiles of the Cuban Revolution in the United States