On his Twitter account, the José Martí National Library of Cuba recalled the prominent author of famous works such as “El Cuentero”, “El Caballo de Coral” and “Taita, say you how”, among many others.

The National Council of Performing Arts also dedicated a tweet on his profile to highlight the legacy of the writer from central Cuba.

Onelio Jorge Cardoso was born on May 11, 1914 in Calabazar de Sagua, then Las Villas province, and at the age of 22 he obtained his first success in a story contest sponsored by a magazine.

This was the beginning of his fruitful literary career, highly esteemed since both in his work and in his own life he knew how to feel and reflect the heartbeat of the townspeople.

He obtained the Alfonso Hernández Catá National Award in 1945, with the story “Los carboneros”. His first book of short stories was entitled “Taita, you say how”, published in Mexico in 1948.

Later, he published many other books and in 1984 he received the title of Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Havana for the meaning of his life and literary work.

This writer from Villarreal carried out various responsibilities, including the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba, of which he was one of its founders, and he died in Havana on May 29, 1986.

On this anniversary, the digital portal of the radio station CMHW, from his homeland, reminded the Senior Storyteller.

He evoked someone who “with a singular voice and his work not only represents the rough existence of his fishermen, his peasants and his agricultural workers, but also claims the right and necessity of these men to fully enjoy other aspects of reality thanks to the powers of poetry and imagination”.

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