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The National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC) is a social, cultural and professional organization of writers, musicians, actors, painters, sculptors, and artist of different genres. It was founded on August 22, 1961, by the Cuban
National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba webpage
Cultural organizations based in Cuba Arts organizations established in 1961 1961 establishments in Cuba {{Cuba-stub
The National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba, UNEAC) is a social, cultural and professional organization of writers, musicians, actors, painters, sculptors, and artist of different genres. It was founded on August 22, 1961, by the Cuban poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator (thought, thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems (oral t ...
, Nicolas Guillen. Initially their objective was uniting the intellectuals within the young Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution () was the military and political movement that overthrew the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista, who had ruled Cuba from 1952 to 1959. The revolution began after the 1952 Cuban coup d'état, in which Batista overthrew ...
to maintain a genuine Cuban culture. The group issued ''La Gaceta de Cuba'' beginning in 1962. Cuban violinist and professor Evelio Tieles was President of the Music Section from 1977 to 1984.
Manuel Vázquez Portal
Manuel Vázquez Portal (born 1951 in Morón, Ciego de Ávila province, Cuba) is a Cuban poet, writer and journalist known for his 2003 imprisonment.
Background
Vázquez Portal received a degree in philology from Villa Clara University. Prior ...
was expelled from UNEAC because of his dissident views.
See also
* Ediciones El Puente * Roger Aguilar LabradaReferences
External links
National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba webpage
Cultural organizations based in Cuba Arts organizations established in 1961 1961 establishments in Cuba {{Cuba-stub