The Jubileo of Letras Cubanas with Waldo Leyva at Fayad Jamís Bookstore
The poet, essayist, and journalist Waldo Leyva, winner of the 2024 National Literature Prize, will be the guest of the event El jubileo de Letras Cubanas, hosted by journalist and critic Fernando Rodríguez Sosa. The session will take place on Wednesday, May 20, at 11:00 a.m., at the Fayad Jamís Bookstore, located at Obispo 261, entre Cuba y Aguiar, in Havana’s Historic Center.
During the event, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase the poetry collection *No vengo a hablar del porvenir *by Waldo Leyva, published by Editorial Letras Cubanas.
A graduate in acting and theatrical directing, Waldo Leyva is the author of an extensive body of poetry, including De la ciudad y sus héroes, Con mucha piel de gente, El polvo de los caminos, Remoto adagio, and Asonancia del tiempo.
Among other distinctions, he received the Poetry Prize at the Uvero 1974 Competition and the 10th Casa de América Prize for American Poetry in 2010, awarded in Granada.
Born in Remates de Ariosa, Remedios, in 1943, Leyva has founded and directed cultural magazines—including Del Caribe and Letras Cubanas—worked as a university professor, and served in Cuba’s diplomatic corps.
El jubileo de Letras Cubanas is a monthly event held at the Fayad Jamís Bookstore and sponsored by Editorial Letras Cubanas. Launched in September 2022, the series aims to celebrate the birthdays of authors featured in the publishing house’s catalogue.
Over the past nearly four years, the program has welcomed writers such as Roberto Méndez Martínez, Ignacio Díaz González, Mario Naito López, Leymen Pérez, Pedro Pérez Rivero, Mario Brito Fuentes, Rodolfo Alpízar Castillo, Ernesto García Alfonso, Lázaro Castillo, Rodolfo Zamora Rielo, Eduardo del Llano, Jesús Sama Pacheco, Pavel Mustelier Zamora, María Elena Llana, José Miguel Sánchez Gómez (Yoss), Carmen Serrano Coello, Ricardo Alberto Pérez, Lourdes de Armas, Zaida Capote Cruz, Ángel Pérez, Francisca López Civeira, Olavo Alén Rodríguez, Basilia Papastamatíu, Alberto Marrero Fernández, Emmanuel Tornés Reyes, Marta Lesmes, Carina Pino Santos, Nancy Morejón, Roberto Manzano, Virgilio López Lemus, Jesús Lozada Guevara, Alberto Guerra Naranjo, Tomasa González Pérez, and Denia García Ronda.
Source: Communications Department of the Cuban Book Institute
Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez
