Centro Cultural Cubano de Nueva York

The CCCNY opens its Spring Calendar with Los judíos de Zamora, Jesús Jambrina‘s overview of the Jewish presence in the city of Zamora, Spain from the 10th century to 1492, including the conversos and judaizers persecuted by the Inquisition until the 18th century.  The presentation will also touch on the myths and legends about the […]

The New York City launch of Uva de Aragón‘s memoirs of her life in Cuba until she was fifteen years old, when she went into exile. The author gives vivid profiles of her closest relatives, teachers, schools, and friends, as well as of her early readings and trips. With an agile prose and a fresh […]

The simultaneous NYC launch of the Spanish and English editions of Karla Suárez‘s Havana Year Zero (Habana Año Cero). The novel takes place in the year 1993. Cuba is at the height of the Special Period, a widespread economic crisis following the collapse of the Soviet bloc. For Julia, a mathematics lecturer who hates teaching, […]

Writer and literary critic Jorge Luis Arcos provides an overview of the origins of the seminal Cuban literary journal Orígenes (1944-1956), which Octavio Paz regarded as the “most important in our language.” The name of the journal also alludes to the group of extraordinary Cuban poets (José Lezama Lima, Gastón Baquero, Virgilio Piñera, Ángel Gaztelu, […]