José Lezama Lima Quotes
Rather than custom, it feels more like an invocation to an unknown deity when Cubans get together...they hold a suspenseful silence until any voice is heard saying or singing something that has nothing to do with the purpose of the meeting.
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| Birth: | 19th December, 1910 |
| Death: | 9th August, 1976 |
| Nationality: | Cuban |
| Profession: | Poet, Writer |
Born in the Columbia Military Encampment close to Havana in the city of Marianao where his father was a colonel, Lezama lived through some of the most turbulent times of Cuba's history, fighting against the Machado dictatorship. His literary output includes the semi-autobiographical, baroque novel Paradiso, the story of a young man and his struggles with his mysterious illness, the death of his father, and his developing sensuality and poetic sensibilities.
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