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1848
Patriot, writer and historian Enrique Collazo was born
28 de Mayo de 1848
He was born in Santiago de Cuba in May, 1848 and died in Havana in March 13th, 1921. He studied High School in Spain and became Second Lieutenant in the Artillery Academy of Segovia (1866). Historian, journalist and patriot. He took part in the 1868 and 1895 Cuban Independence Wars and collaborated in Patria newspaper (1894). He joined to José Martí and Gómez to Santo Domingo and when the 1895 War broke out he came back to Cuba as expeditionary. He was promoted to General de Brigada. He directed El Cubano (1899). and settled with Márquez Sterling La Nación (1906). Author of important works such as Desde Yara hasta el Zanjón, Cuba independiente, La cuestión presidencial en Cuba, Los americanos en Cuba and Cuba heroica.
1893
Drummer Trinidad Torregrosa was born.
28 de Mayo de 1893
He was born in Havana, in May 28th, 1893 and died in April 20th, 1977. Singer and maker of Cuban musical instruments. Since he began working as source of information of Fernando Ortiz, he made a worthy labour in this field, becoming a real source for researchers of African-rooted Cuban music. He travelled along Haiti, Dominican Republic, Jamaica and United States of America. He made records and took part in films. He was member of the National Folkloric Ensemble of Cuba.
1923
Poet Juan José Emilio Fuxá Sanz was born.
28 de Mayo de 1923
He was born in Cienfuegos, Las Villas in May 28th, 1923. Linked to theatre being very young he worked as actor in the ADAD Group (1945-1947). He got the title of Doctor in Laws in the University of Havana in 1947. He won the Poetry Award with his “Canto a Cienfuegos” in the Floral Games summoned by the Ateneo. He collaborated with poems in La Correspondencia. He delivered lectures on literary themes at the Havana Lyceum. In 1974 he was appointed director of the National School of Dramatic Art.
1929
Outstanding pianist Huberal Herrera was born.
28 de Mayo de 1929
Outstanding pianist Huberal Herrera was born in the town of Mayarí, in the former province of Oriente, on May 28, 1929.
He began his musical studies in Mayarí in a private conservatory and he continued them later in Havana.
Apart from his musical studies, he also took other careers and got a B.A in Managing Law and Diplomatic and Consular Law.
As a pianis,t he has given recitals and has been presented as soloist and accompanied by noted musical ensembles, like the National Symphony Orchestra.
2005
Important playwright and theatre director Albio Paz died.
28 de Mayo de 2005
One of the most important Cuban theatre directors considered by many as the Quixote of the national stage due to his physiognomy and character. He was born in Zuleta, Santa Clara in May 8th, 1935 and died, victim of cancer in Havana City in May 28th, 2005.
He was one of the 12 Cuban theatre specialists teatristas who moved from Havana to the mountains of the center of the island to settle the Grupo Teatro Escambray in 1968. His plays: “La vitrina” and “El paraíso recobrado” have become true paradygms of that important group aesthetics. His endless vocation for research theatre curiosity led him to search ro new audiences, and to settle community experiences in the mountains of Sierra del Rosario and Moa.
In 1980 his play “Huelga” (”On Strike”) won the Casa de las Américas Award Theater staged by maestro Santiago García heading the Cubana de Acero Theater Group. That play was warmly welcomed by the audience and the critic from those years. Since the 1980´s he settled down in the City of Matanzas, where he founded the Mirón Cubano Group, and he fostered, promóted and developed the street theater, climax of his intense work interested on searching new languages reaching a wider and wider audience.
Among his most relevant plays are: “Las penas que a mí me matan”, “El gato y la golondrina”, and “De la extraña y anacrónica aventura de Don Quijote en un ínsula del Caribe y otros sucesos dignos de saberse y representarse”, selected to participate in the 400th Anniversary of the top literary work of Spanish literature, held in Spain.
His theater has been evaluated and gathered by the critic in several volumes, the most recent before his death was the anthology: “Las penas que a mi me matan y otras obras de teatro” published by Editorial Alarcós.
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