<p><strong><span style="font-size: x-small;">ARMANDO </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&Aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">LVAREZ BRAVO</span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small;"> (La Habana, Cuba, 1938). Poeta, cr</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">tico, ensayista, narrador y periodista. Miembro de n</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&uacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">mero de la Academia Cubana de la Lengua; correspondiente de la Real Academia Espa</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&ntilde;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ola y la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Espa</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&ntilde;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ola. Fundador y ex presidente del PEN Club de Escritores Cubanos en el Exilio. Autor de m</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">s de cuarenta libros de varios g</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&eacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">neros se le considera uno de los poetas fundamentales de la actual poes</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">a cubana y una figura principal de la cultura cubana. Su  obra m</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">s reciente es <em>Siempre habr</em></span><em><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> un poema,</span></em><span style="font-size: x-small;"> una antolog</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">a de su poes</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">a publicada en Espa</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&ntilde;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">a por la Colecci</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&oacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">n Visor de Poes</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">a en el 2012.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: x-small;">La censura y el descalabro social de Cuba despu</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&eacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">s de 1959 todos los sectores de la creaci</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&oacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">n literaria, pl</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">stica, musical y del pensamiento fueron objeto de una f</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&eacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">rrea y esterilizante censura. Fue en el exilio donde los creadores cubanos hallaron la posibilidad de hacer su obra tal como la conceb</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">an. Es en la d</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&eacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">cada del 80 en que la creaci</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&oacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">n pl</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">stica comienza a reconocerse y desarrollarse haciendo frente a muchos factores adversos. Ese hecho coincide con la llegada a Miami del poeta y cr</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">tico Armando </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&Aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">lvarez Bravo que comienza a publicar una columna dominical dedicada a los artistas del arte cubano e internacional y que contribuye decisivamente a darlo a conocer y valorarlo. Esa labor coincide con el surgimiento de galer</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">as y una intensificaci</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&oacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">n de actividades que conforman un espacio para las artes pl</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">sticas. Esas cr</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&iacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">ticas y ensayos son la </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&uacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">nica fuente sistem</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&aacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">tica existente para el conocimiento y valoraci</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&oacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">n de los artistas que han hecho e impuesto su obra en el exilio. Este libro presenta una selecci</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: x-small;">&oacute;</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;">n de estos ensayos y la mejor informaci&oacute;n sobre el arte cubano realizado por los exiliados.</span></p>
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