Daughter of the famous general of Ejército Libertador Enrique Loynaz del Castillo, author of our Himno Invasor lyrics, Dulce María was born in Havana City, on December 10, 1902, in a family of great sensibility towards artistic and cultural manifestations and deep patriotic feelings, she grew up in a familiar environment highly propitious for poetry.

She published her first poems in La Nación, on 1920. Around those years, she travelled to North American, Europe and some other countries highlighting, Turkey, Syria, Lybia, Palestine and Egypt (1929), Mexico (1937), South America (1946-1947) and Canarias Islands (1947-1951) where she was declared adoptive daughter. She achieved her Doctorade in Civil Rights at Havana University. In 1950, she published weekly chronics at different publications of the epoch such as El País, Excélsior, Social, Grafos, Diario de la Marina, El Mundo, Revista Cubana, Revista Bimestre Cubana and Orígenes. In 1953, she attended, as guest of Salamanca University, to V anniversary celebration of Catholic King and Queen`s birth.

Her book Poemas sin nombre (Untitled Poems) was translated to Italian on 1955. She offered conferences and readings, not only in Cuba but also in Spain. She was elected as member of Arts and Letters National Academy on 1915 from Cuban Academy of Language on 1959 and Spanish Real Academy on 1968.

Real academy of Spanish Language named her on 1984, nominee to Miguel de Cervantes Prize. In 1985, Poesías Escogidas (Selected Poems) was published in Havana and her poems book Bestiarium. During these years, she gave conferences, speeches, received prizes and condecorations and was bestowed for different Cuban cultural institutions.
The sobriety of her lyric expression, her exquisite handling of language and master use of Castilian Language were the main reasons to take into account to confer her on November 5, 1992, Miguel Cervantes de Saavedra Literature Prize, honorable distiction she received in Spain in 1993 by King Juan Carlos`s hands.

Fe de vida (Life's Faith) her last work, saw the light on 1993, while celebrating in Pinar del Río, the First Ibero American Meeting about her work and life. Furthermore, some texts from her delicate creation have been musicalized by different singers/writers.

On April 27, 1997, she died in Havana City. This sensible woman is holding a work that proudly glorifies the entire Latin America, mainly her country.

Active Bibliography.
- Canto a la mujer estéril (Song to the Sterile Woman). Poems. Published on Cuban Bimester Magazine, issue of July-October, 1937, La Habana, Molina, 1938.
-Versos. 1920-1938, La Habana, 1938; 2nd edition. Tenerife, Spain.
- Lithography A. Romero, 1947; 3rd edition, Madrid, 1950.
- Juegos de agua (Water games). Versos del agua y del amor (Verses of Water and Love) , Madrid, 1947.
- Jardín (Garden). Lyric Novel, Madrid, 1951.
- El día de las Artes y de las Letras (Arts and Letters Day). Conference at Habana, on Saturday, March 23, 1952 as deference to Cuban Society of Arts and Letter, Havana, 1952.
- La Avellaneda, una cubana universal (Avellaneda, A universal Cuban). Conference at Lyceum of Camagüey, Havana, 1953.
- Carta de amor a Tut-Ank-Amen (Love Letter to Tut-Ank-Amen). Poem. Preface by Antonio Oliver, Madrid, 1953.
- Poemas sin nombre (Untitled Poems). Preliminar note by Federico Carlos Saínz de Robles, Madrid, 1953.
- Obra lírica (Lyric Work). Preliminar note by Federico Carlos Saínz de Robles. Madrid, 1955.
- Últimos días de una casa (Last Days of a House). Preface by Antonio Oliver Belmás, Madrid, Imp. Soler Hermanos, 1958.
- Un verano en Tenerife (A Summer in Tenerife). Travels Book, Madrid, 1958.
- Fe de vida (Faith of Life). Testimony, 1995.
- Obra lírica (Lyric Work). Poems, 1955.
- Poemas naúfragos. Poems, 1991.
- Bestiarium. Poems, 1993.
- La novia de Lázaro (Lazaro`s Girlfriend). Poems, 1993.

Passive Bibliography
- Almegal, Basilio. Juegos de agua (Water Games). Poems by Dulce María Loynaz featured on Social Magazine, Havana, 4 (7): 46-47, Oct., 1948.
- Arroyo, Anita. "Dulce M. Loynaz: poesía en la Academia", on Diario de la Marina, Havana, 124 (7): 4-C, Jan. 8, 1956.
- Boza Masvidal, Aurelio. Dulce María Loynaz: poesía, ensueño y silencio. Study read at H on April 22, 1948 in a homage offered to Dulce María Loynaz, Havana, Imp. of Havana University, 1948.
- Untitled Poems by Dulce María Loynaz, were translated to Italian on Diario de la Marina, Havana, 123 (206): 4-A, August. 31, 1955.
- Bueno, Salvador. "Notas sobre la prosa poética de Dulce María Loynaz", on Newsletter of Boletín de la Comisión, Cuban National of UNESCO, Havana, 3 (1): 1-3, Jan, 1954.
- Carbonell, José Manuel. " Dulce María Loynaz y Muñoz (1902)", on Lyric Poetry of Cuba. Recopilation directed, prefaced and anotated by T. 5, Havana, Imp. XX Century, 1928, p. 522 (Evolution of Cuban Culture). 1608-1927, 5.
- Carbonell, Miguel Ángel. Esquema de Dulce María Loynaz de Álvarez Caña. Speech of reception to Dulce María Loynaz in National Academy of Arts and Letters, pronounced in the night of April 4, 1951.
- "Poetisas de América". Speech made by Dulce María Loynaz, Havana, National Academy of Arts and Letters, 1951.
- Conde, Carmen. "Poetisas de lengua española: Dulce María Loynaz, de Cuba", on Hispanic World. Madrid, 14 (154): 29, Jan, 1961.
- Cuéllar de Valdés de la Paz, Aída. Ala y raíz en el Jardín de Dulce María Loynaz. Conference made in event organized by Cuban Society of Arts and Letters, in Lyceum on February 3, 1950.
- Comments and interpretations by Dulce María Loynaz, Havana, 1950.
- Chacón y Calvo, José María. "La poesía de Dulce María Loynaz. I, II y III", on Diario de la Marina, Havana, 116 (10, 16 y 22): 35, 35 y 35, Jan. 11, 18 y 25, 1948. resp. "Dulce María Loynaz, apologista de la Avellaneda", on Diario de la Marina, La Habana, 121 (40): 54, feb. 15, 1953. "Poemas sin nombre... y de eternidad", on Diario de la Marina, La Habana, 120 (298): 50, dic. 20, 1953.
- "Viaje y poesía. I y II" on Diario de la Marina, La Habana, 127 (31 y 32): 4-A y 4-A, feb. 6 y 7, 1959. resp. Jiménez, Juan Ramón. "Dulce María Loynaz (1937)", en su Españoles de tres mundos. Viejo mundo, nuevo mundo, otro mundo (Caricatura lírica) (1914-1940), Buenos Aires, Editorial Losada, 1942, p. 136-140.
- Jiménez Grullón, Juan I. "Dulce María Loynaz", en su Seis poetas cubanos (Apologetic Essays), La Habana, Cromos Editorial , 1954, p. 111-142.
Lazo, Raimundo. El romanticismo. Fijación sicológico-social de su concepto. Lo romántico en la lírica hispano-americana (del siglo XVI a 1970), Mexico, D.F., Editorial Porrúa, 1971, p. 186-191.
- Lizaso, Félix y José Antonio Fernández de Castro. "Dulce María Loynaz", en su La poesía moderna en Cuba (1882-1925). Anthology having the critic and order and publishment by Dulce María Loynaz. Madrid, Librería y Casa Editorial Hernando, 1926, p. 374. Lombardo, Óscar. Figulina.

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