José Martí
José Julián Martí Pérez (January 28, 1853 – May 19, 1895) was a Cuban patriot, freedom fighter and poet. Although he never lived to see Cuba free, he is considered the national hero.
Biography
Jose Marti was born in Havana in 1853.[1] At age sixteen he was imprisoned for opposing Spanish colonial rule during the Ten Years War (1868-1878) and later he was exiled to Spain.[2] There he published a pamphlet exposing the horrors of political imprisonment in Cuba, which he himself had experienced.
In 1878 he returned to Cuba under a general amnesty and worked for a law firm,[3] but he conspired against the Spanish authorities and again was banished to Spain in September 1879. He fled exile in Spain and came first to France and then to the United States.[3] Marti went back to Miami where he lived from 1881 to 1895.
José Martí Media
41 Paula Street, Havana, birthplace of José Martí
A sign at the Miracle del Mocadoret square, Valencia (Spain) where José Martí spent his childhood
Statue of José Martí on horseback in New York's Central Park – Anna Hyatt Huntington, 1959
monument of Jose Martí in Mexico City
José Martí (center) with cigar workers in Ybor City, Tampa, Florida
José Martí depicted on the 1915 gold 5 Cuban peso coin.
Busto de José Martí en El Rosedal de Palermo, Buenos Aires
Bust of José Martí, Jesús María District, Lima-Peru.
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References
- ↑ Ronning, C. Neal José Martí and the Émigré colony in Key West: Leadership and State Formation Praeger Publishers One Madison Avenue New York, New York 1990 page 8
- ↑ Quiroz, Alfonso W. The Cuban Republic and Jose Marti: Reception and Use of a National Symbol Lexington Books 2006 page 2
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rodríguez-Luis, Julio Re-reading José Martí (1853-1895): One Hundred Years Later (1999) State University of New York Press Albany page 143