Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández
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Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández | |
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 Monument to Manuel de la Cruz in Havana, Cuba | |
| Born | 17 September 1861  Havana |
| Died | 19 February 1896 (aged 34) New York |
| Occupation | Writer |
Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández (September 17, 1861 – February 19, 1896) was a Cuban writer and journalist. He served as editor of El Fígaro, a weekly Cuban magazine, and wrote for several magazines and newspapers in Cuba and abroad. In 1890, he published Episodios de la Revolución Cubana, a collection of first-hand accounts of the Ten Years' War.[1] He also wrote fictional novels including La Hija del Montero (The Huntsman's Daughter) and La Hija del Guardiero (The Overseer's Daughter). De la Cruz died suddenly in 1896 at the age of 34.
References
[edit]- ^ Ferrer, Ada (1999). Insurgent Cuba: Race, Nation, and Revolution, 1868–1898. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. p. 114. ISBN 080782500X.