CUBA : LE LIVRE DES DOUZE

by Carlos Franqui

172 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 1965

About the author

Carlos Franqui was a Cuban writer, poet, journalist, art critic, and political activist. After the Fulgencio Batista coup in 1952, he became involved with the "Movimiento 26 de Julio" which was directed by Fidel Castro. Upon the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, he was placed in charge of Revolución, which became an official paper. Later he broke from the Cuban government and he left Cuba with his family. In 1968, he officially broke with the Cuban government when he signed a letter condemning the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. He became a vocal critic of the Castro government publishing many works until his death on April 16, 2010.