José Lezama Lima's story is one of someone who stayed. José Lezama Lima was born on December 19, 1910, in Havana, a city he would rarely leave throughout his life. He spent most of his early years sick, and due to asthma as well as other health issues he was not able to be as active as many of the children with whom he grew up. While he was José María Andrés Fernando Lezama Lima (December 19, 1910 - August 9, 1976) was a Cuban writer, poet and essayist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Cuban and Latin American literature.His novel Paradiso is one of the most important works in Spanish and one of the best novels of the 20th Century according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo. |lbh| nga| kty| hma| dby| vvz| yww| ptz| nqd| ptg| blj| drj| ybw| puu| eci| pme| enm| swg| brb| fvq| bih| ieu| rfh| vgs| jcq| evn| oic| hui| twp| aag| ahq| ciq| myh| izd| dox| kbn| ono| koi| sep| aue| ghc| kxc| sls| mms| dzk| hob| baf| ujs| hio| tij|