Félix Pita Rodríguez

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Pita and the second or maternal family name is Rodríguez.

Félix Pita Rodriguez (1909-1990) was a Cuban journalist, poet and literary critic. He was born in Bejucal. An active communist, Rodriguez helped to found the Ibero-American Anti-Fascist Committee during the Spanish Civil War. His literary acquaintances included Pablo Neruda. He was exiled from Cuba for many years, living in Latin America and Europe. After Castro's overthrow of the Batista government, he returned to Cuba in 1960. He won Cuba's National Literary Prize in 1985.[1]

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