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Acting
Roberto Fernández Retamar
- Born
- Jun 9, 1930 · Aged 89
- Died
- Jul 20, 2019
- Place of birth
- La Habana, Cuba
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 3
- TV credits
- 0
Biography
Roberto Fernández Retamar (9 June 1930 – 20 July 2019, Havana) was a Cuban poet, essayist, literary critic and President of the Casa de las Américas. In his role as President of the organization, Fernández also served on the Council of State of Cuba. An early close confidant of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro, he was a central figure in Cuba from the 1959 Revolution until his death in 2019. Fernández also wrote over a dozen major collections of verse and founded the Casa de las Americas cultural magazine.
