A 20th-century author from this country who wrote a semi-autobiographical novel titled Paradiso is named Jose Lezama Lima.
A 20th-century author from this country who wrote a semi-autobiographical novel titled Paradiso is named Jose Lezama Lima. A poet from this country wrote about an African ancestor who says "I'm dying" while a European ancestor says "I'm tired" during the middle passage in his poem "The Ballad of the Two Grandfathers." Another poet wrote that this country was like a widow passing in the darkness in a poem in which he claimed to have two homelands, this country and the night. That poet from this home country of (*) Nicolas Guillen wrote that he "cultivates a white rose" and is a "sincere man" in two of the poems found in his Simple Verses, or Versos Sencillos, which were adapted into a nationalistic song. For 10 points, name this home country of Jose Marti, whose words were adapted into the lyrics of its patriotic song "Guantanamera."
A 20th-century author from this country who wrote a semi-autobiographical novel titled Paradiso is named Jose Lezama Lima.
Republic of Cuba [or Republica de Cuba]