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1893
Writer José Zacarias Tallet was born.
18 de Octubre de 1893
He was born in October 18th, 1893 and died in Havana in December 21st, 1989. Close friend and brother in law of Rubén Martínez Villena. Took part in the Protest of the Thirteen, in the José Martí People´s University, in the Falange de Acción Cubana, in the Grupo Minorista. He collaborated with Alma Mater, Carteles, editor of the Revista de Avance, director of El Mundo magazine, subdirector of Ahora (Now) daily newspaper. In 1944 he won the Bonifacio Byrne Poetry Prize. Professor of the professional school of Journalism Manuel Márquez Sterling. He is considered one of the founders of the Black people theme poetry, together with Nicolás Guillén, Regino Pedroso and others. Among his works are: "La semilla estéril".
1901
The José Martí National Library is settled.
18 de Octubre de 1901
The José Martí National Library is settled. At present is one of the most important cultural institutions of Cuba. It gets, selects, process, preserves and safeguards the National Bibliographic Heritage, and at the same time it is in charge of spreading universal and Cuban culture.
1912
Poetress, crítics and essay writer Mirta Aguirre was born.
18 de Octubre de 1912
She was born on October 18th, 1912 and died on August 8, 1980. Being very young she joined the revolutionary struggles. She entered in the Communist Party of Cuba in 1932. During Gerardo machado´s dictatorship she had to exile in Mexico. In 1939 she was delegate to the National Feminine Congress held in Havana. She graduated as Doctor in Laws in 1941. She had special studies on literature, music and Marxist Philosophy. In 1948 she attended the Congresses for Peace held in París and New York. She was an active member of the Communist Youth League and the People´Socialist Party and worked during its whole existence in the National Commission for Intellectual Work of the People´Socialist Party. She was Vice President of the Democratic Federation of Cuban Women and political chief of the Cultural Society "Nuestro Tiempo" ("Our Time").
She worked as translator and editor and scripwriter of radio and television. For nine years she was in charge of the section of movies, theatre and music of "Hoy" newspaper. She also collaborated in Mensajes, Mediodía, La Última Hora, La Palabra, Revista Lyceum, Cuba Socialista, Casa de las Américas, Universidad de La Habana. She was co-publisher of Gaceta del Caribe and Vice Directoress of La Última Hora; She was member of the Edition Staff of Nuestro Tiempo and Cuadernos de Arte y Ciencia.
After the Triumph of the Revolutión she was directoress of the Section of Theater and Dance of the National Council of Culture. From 1962 she joined, as professoress, the School of Arts and Letters of the University of Havana, where she was in charge of the Direction of the Departament of Hispanic Languages and Literatures. She collaborated in the making of Cuadernos H by the Faculty of Humanities.
She was member of the Communist Party of Cuba and was distinguished by her labour as lecturer. She was also author of the “Introduction” to the Cuban edition of "El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha". She directed the Institute of Literature and Linguistics of the Academy of Sciences of Cuba. She wrote under the pseudonyms of: Rosa Iznaga, Rita Agumerri and Luis Robles Garza.
1933
Trumpeter Leonardo Timor was born.
18 de Octubre de 1933
He was born on October 18th, 1933. He made musical studies with his father, named like him. He joined the Palau Brothers´Jazz Band, the Riverside Orchestra, until he settled his own band. In 1967 he joined the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna (Cuban Orchestra of Modern Music). He performs as a Jazz soloist.
1979
Playwright Virgilio Piñera died.
18 de Octubre de 1979
He studied elementary school in en Cárdenas and died in Havana on October 18th, 1979. In 1925 he moved wih his family to Camagüey, where he studied high school. He settled in Havana in 1938. In 1940 he became Ph Degree in the University of Havana. He founded and directed Poeta magazine in 1942. In Buenos Aires, where he lived 14 years, he worked as official of the Cuban Consulate, as proofreader, and later as translater of the Argos publishing house.
He has travelled through all Latin America, United States of America and Europe. He collaborated in Espuela de Plata, Grafos, Clavileño, Ultra, Orígenes, Gaceta del Caribe, Lyceum, Universidad de la Habana, Lunes de Revolución, La Gaceta de Cuba, Unión. He also collaborated, in Sur, Hoy, Realidad, Mundo Argentino and Anales de Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires. Besides he collaborated in Lettres Nouvelles and in Les Temps Modernes, in París. With José Rodríguez Feo he settled Ciclón in 1955. He directed Ediciones R (1960-1964).
He won the 1968 Casa de las Américas theatre award by his play Dos viejos pánicos (Two Old Panics) He is author of the selection and notes of Teatro del absurdo, anthology which gathers plays by Ionesco, Beckett, Pinter, Mrozek. He translated Juan Azul, by Jean Giono; Así habló el tío (Thus Spoke the Uncle) by Jean Price Mars, and Tribálicas, by Henri Lopes, among others. He Took part in translating Ferdydurke, by the Polish Witold Gombrowicz. Some of his stories and his poems have been translated into English, Italian, German, Russian, Hungarian, Polish, etc. Cuentos fríos (Cold Stories) was translated into French.
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