Cuban American Literature

Historical background:

* 1895-1898: Independence war.

* 1933: Revolution and destitution of dictator Gerardo Machado.

* 1933-1944: Dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista.

* 1952: Batista again.

* 1959: Fidel Castro comes  to power after the  Cuban revolution.

* 1962: Bahía de Cochinos events.

* 1980: Peruvian embassy assault. Exit of  Marielitos.

* 1959-2000: Migration waves

- First wave upper class migrants.

- Marielitos: working class migrants 1980.

Cuban- American Literature development:

-         Nostalgic literature of exile: Pablo Medina, Antonio Benítez Rojo, Eliana Rivero.

-         The 1,5 generation: Living in the Hyphen: Gustavo Pérez Firmat.

-         Cuban-American Literature: Cristina Gracía, Elías Miguel Muñoz, Dolores Prida, Virgil Suarez.

       Cuban-American Works:

 * Pablo Medina, Exiled Memories (1990)

* Roberto G. Fernández, Raining Backwards (1988)

* Oscar Hijuelos, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love (1989)

* Elías Miguel Muñoz, The Greatest Performance (1991)

* Cristina García, Dreaming in Cuban (1992)