"Along with Pablo Neruda, César Vallejo, and García Lorca, Nicolás Guillén, poet laureate of revolutionary Cuba, represents the very best in Hispanic poetry and is at the same time the undisputed leader of an important trend in contemporary Latin American letters. Guillén is also an open stylist whose manner does not simply anticipate a coterie audience. Since his first widely acclaimed Motivos del Son (1930), Guillén, a mulatto, has been regarded as the major exponent of Black poetry in the Spanish-speaking world. But his thematic scope is wide, and although primarily known as a poet of folk rhythms, Black and popular themes, he is also recognized for his humor, for his artistic refinement, for his political and revolutionary verse..."

Robert Márquez


" Junto con Pablo Neruda, César Vallejo, y Federico García Lorca, Nicolás Guillén, el poeta laureado por la Cuba revolucionaria, representa lo mejor de la literatura hispánica y es a la vez el lider indiscutido de una corriente muy importante de las letras latinoamericanas. Guillen es un creador de mente amplia, que no se contenta con complacer solo a las audiencias especializadas. Desde su muy aclamada Motivos del Son (1930), Guillén, un mulato, ha sido reconocido como el mayor exponente de la poesía negra en la lengua castellana. Sin embargo su alcance temático es bastante amplio, y aunque principalmente conocido como un poeta de cadencias folclóricas, temas populares y negros, él es también reconocido por su humor, su refinamiento artístico, y su verso político y revolucionario..."

Robert Márquez

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