Major figure in Cuban and Hispanoamerican history, letters and culture. Relevant writer that contributed to modify Spanish language and literature, universal thinker who analized problems of history and Latin American political development, carring out also the organization of last independence war of Cuba and Puerto Rico as starting point of his wide continental emancipation project.

Supported by an ethics of service, having an explicit vocation towards poors of the earth and approaching a love philosophy, Martí achieved alive a fair literary recognition and, at the same time, he put all his verbal talent and his entire life in favor of Cuba`s cause, called by him, our America.

As pasionated dreamer, achieving exceptional racionalism as multiple action man and ample thoughts, Martí was all the time, an indissolubly political and revolutionary artist having profound consciousness of his changing time, which demanded new literary forms and thoughts to impell our America towards right interests and identity.

Originality, autochthonous style and renovation are expressed along his wide written work, practiced by him being aware of the major welfare of man; defending the creation in Cuba of a free republic holding equality, justice and dignity and the America and world`s balance before the inminent development of the emergent United States imperialism.

He died with his face towards the sun, as he wished, fighting colonialism and, since then, is paradigm and guide for all Cubans.

Text courtesy of Centro de Estudios Martianos.

See also Filosofía.

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