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1820
Poetress María de las Mercedes Valdés Mendoza was born.
11 de Noviembre de 1820
She was born in Guanabacoa, Havana, in November 11th, 1820 and died in June 1st, 1896. Quite well educated by her parents, being very young she read classic and romantic authors and began writing poetry. If Francisco Javier Foxá would not have read one of her poems, "La Rosa Blanca" ("The White Rose") in a Nicolás Azcárate´s literary session, unknowing this the authores, her retired live would be unnoticed. Since then she began to outstand in literary circles and to make public her poems in several publishings such as: El Liceo de La Habana, Guirnalda Cubana, El Rocío, Faro Industrial de La Habana, Floresta Cubana, Álbum cubano de lo bueno y de lo bello, El Aguinaldo, Cuba Literaria, Revista de La Habana and Revista Habanera. Some of her poems were published in newspapers from Madrid and Seville, Spain.
1863
Poet Julián del Casal was born.
11 de Noviembre de 1863
He was born in Havana on November 11th, 1863 and died on October 10th, 1893. He started studying in the Real Colegio de Belén in 1870. He founded the underground and handwritten newspaper El Estudio with some comrades. In it he published his ealiest poems. He graduated as bachelor in 1880.
He began studying Laws but he did not conclude this career. In El Ensayo (The Essay) (weekly magazine on sciences, arts and literature), was published his first known collaboration in a press organ. He visited the Nuevo Liceo (New Lyceum) thanks to his friendship with Nicolás Azcárate. There he met Ramón Meza and got in contact with the main foreign authors of the moment. He worked as amanuensis of the Intendencia General de Hacienda. In 1888 he moved to Spain. Shortly after he returned to Havana economically ruined.
He started to work in La Discusión as proofreader and journalist during those days he closed relations with the Borrero family. He was editor of La Familia Cristiana (The Christian Family) (1891-1892), a weekly magazine. He collaborated with La Habana Elegante, where he published a series of articles entitled \"The Havana Society\" ( Because of the first of them, concerning Captain General Sabás Marín and his family, he was fired from the Intendencia General de Hacienda), El Fígaro, La Habana Literaria, El Hogar, El País, La Caricatura, Diario de la Familia, Ecos de las Damas, La Lucha, El Pueblo, El Triunfo, La Unión Constitucional. Together with Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera and José Asunción Silva he was one of the modernist movement initiators. He translated poems and prose by Baudelaire.
Part of his prose was translated into English (Selected prose by Julian del Casal). He wrote under the pseudonyms: El Conde Camors, Hernani and Alceste.
1928
Violinist Rafael Díaz Albertini died.
11 de Noviembre de 1928
He was born in Havana, in August 13th, 1857 and died in Marseille in November 11th, 1928. He began learning to play violin with maestros José Vandertgucht and Anselmo López. In 1870 he went to Paris to be guided by Alard. In 1875 he won the First Prize of violin in the Conservatory of Paris. He developed concert tours along many cities of the world. In 1894 he toured along the main Cuban cities, together with Ignacio Cervantes. Next year he went again to France.
1954
Writer and popular comedy playwright Federico Villoch died
11 de Noviembre de 1954
He was born on October 16th, 1868 and died in Havana on November 11th, 1954. He quit Laws career in order to switch literary activities. He founded Luz y Sombra ("Light and Shadow") magazine. Editor of El Fígaro. He collaborated with La Caricatura, La Habana Elegante, and others. In 1896 he made his debut in theatre, acting in different zarzuelas and sainetes among them: La isla de Las Cotorras, La danza de los millones, La casita criolla. Retired from theatre he got back to journalism with "Viejas postales descoloridas" published in Diario de la Marina.
1960
The National Symphony Orchestra made its first public appearance.
11 de Noviembre de 1960
The National Symphony Orchestra made its first public appearance on November 11, 1960, when it made a concert in the formerly Auditórium Theater in Havana.
In this first concert, the National Symphony Orchestra performed the works of the outstanding Cuban composer Alejandro García Caturla conducted by Enrique González Mantici, who was a founder of the orchestra.
Along more than four decades of existence, the National Symphony Orchestra has notably contributed to the popularization of Cuban and universal symphonic music.
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