Roberto Fernández Retamar
Oyuncu · 1930 – 2019 · La Habana, Cuba
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.
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Film5.6BelgeselIn 1964, Che Guevara asked the young Jean Ziegler to stay in Switzerland to fight in the "Monster brain" capitalist. Since then, Jean Ziegler nerve stops fighting against injustices as a public writer, a speaker and as a Kofi Annan collaborator. During a trip to Cuba, his ideas are challenged by what he discover on the island.
FilmBelgeselTarihThis documentary film explores the life of Cuban revolutionary poet Roberto Fernández Retamar, who, from the Casa de las Américas, has served as a link between the revolution and leading contemporary writers and thinkers.
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