Miguel Barnet
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- Full name
- Miguel Ángel Barnet Lanza.
- Born
- 1940. · Havana.
- Nationality
- Cuba.
- Occupation
- poet, writer, politician, screenwriter, ethnologist, university teacher and essayist.
- Fields
- ethnology, traditional African religion, multiculturalism and belletristic literature.
- Education
- University of Havana.
- Honours
- Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso and Guggenheim Fellowship.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Institutions cited
Bibliothèque nationale de France · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Biography
Biography
Miguel Barnet studied at University of Havana. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is ethnology, traditional African religion and multiculturalism. Residence is recorded at Havana. Work by Miguel Barnet is recorded in the collections of Harvard Film Archive. Distinctions recorded are Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso and Guggenheim Fellowship.
Documentary record
Miguel Barnet appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a writer and ethnologist (born 28 January 1940). Miguel Barnet was born on 28 January 1940.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
Explore 1940–2007
The full dated record · 3 entries
1940
Miguel Barnet born.
2004
Receives Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.
2007
Receives Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso.
Catalogued output
Books and published writings
A selection is set out below and the complete run may be opened beneath it.
The run opens with La piedra fina y el pavorreal and closes with Poemas chinos
La piedra fina y el pavorreal
1963
Esclave à Cuba
1967
Cimarrón
1967
La sagrada familia
1967
Biografía de un cimarrón
1968
La canción de Rachel
1970
La cancio n de Rachel
1970
The documentary novel
1979
Biografi a de un cimarro n
1980
Orikis y otros poemas
1981
Carta de noche
1982
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The run opens with La piedra fina y el pavorreal and closes with Poemas chinos
La piedra fina y el pavorreal
1963
Esclave à Cuba
1967
Cimarrón
1967
La sagrada familia
1967
Biografía de un cimarrón
1968
La canción de Rachel
1970
La cancio n de Rachel
1970
The documentary novel
1979
Biografi a de un cimarro n
1980
Orikis y otros poemas
1981
Carta de noche
1982
Gallego
1985
La vida real
1986
Claves por Rita Montaner
1987
Viendo mi vida pasar
1987
Canción de Rachel
1988
Oficio de ángel
1989
Akeké y la jutía
1989
Mapa del tiempo
1989
Ein Kubaner in New York
1990
La mémoire éclatée
1991
Rachel's song
1991
Con pies de gato
1993
Fernando Ortiz y el contrapunto del tabaco y el azucar
Novela testimonio
1995
Cultos afrocubanos
1995
Las Orejas del Conejo
1995
Orejas del Conejo, Las
1995
Cancion De Rachel (Vintage Español)
1996
Der Cimarron
1999
Actas del final
2000
Die Regla de Ocha
Die Regla de Palo Monte
2000
Reyes Sin Coronas
2000
Afro-Cuban Religions
2001
Akeke Y LA Jutia Fabulas Cubanas
2001
Alle träumten von Cuba
2001
When night is darkest
2002
Cuaderno de París
2003
Cimarron Historia De Un Esclavo
2005
Vestido de fantasma y otros poemas
2006
Itinerario inconcluso
2007
La bella del Alhambra
2008
Inventario del solo
2008
Autógrafos cubanos
2009
Salvado del círculo de fuego
2010
Reloj de arena
2011
La fuente viva
2011
Biografía de un cimarrón estudios y ensayos
2012
En el muro del malecón
2013
Nuevos autógrafos cubanos
2014
Fatima of Fraternity Park / Fatima o El Parque de la Fraternidad
2014
Una botella al mar
2015
Su majestad, el helado
2016
Poemas chinos
2018
Primary material
Documents and archives
scholarly publication
- Miguel Barnet 1940, Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature, 1997
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1997
- Miguel Barnet, Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, 1959-
Scholarly · Crossref registry
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q573296: Miguel Barnet
General reference · Wikidata
Where the work is held
Honours and awards
They run from 2004 to 2007.
3 honours stand against the name
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2004
Premio Iberoamericano de Letras José Donoso
2007
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References
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scholarly publication
Miguel Barnet 1940, Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature, 1997Crossref registry
Institutional witnessscholarly publication
Miguel Barnet, Cuban Culture and Cultural Relations, 1959-Crossref registry
Institutional witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 14 August 2026.
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