José Martí

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José Martí was a 19th-century Cuban writer, philosopher, and revolutionary leader regarded as a national hero and key figure in Cuba’s struggle for independence from Spain.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf essayist
human
journalist
national hero
philosopher
poet
political theorist
revolutionary
writer
birthDate 1853-01-28
birthPlace Captaincy General of Cuba
Havana
Spanish Empire
causeOfDeath killed in action
commemoratedBy José Martí International Airport
José Martí Memorial in Havana
José Martí National Library of Cuba
countryOfCitizenship Cuba
dateFounded 1892
deathDate 1895-05-19
deathPlace Cuba
Dos Ríos
Oriente Province
educatedAt Escuela Profesional de Pintura y Escultura de La Habana
Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de La Habana
Universidad de Zaragoza
familyName Martí
fieldOfWork journalism
literature
political philosophy
founded Cuban Revolutionary Party
newspaper Patria
fullName José Julián Martí Pérez
genre journalistic prose
lyric poetry
political essay
givenName José Julián
hasPartInCanon Cuban national identity
influenced Cuban nationalism
Latin American anti-imperialist thought
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish
mainTheme Latin American unity
freedom
independence
social justice
movement Cuban independence movement
modernismo
nativeLanguage Spanish
notableIdea Nuestra América concept of Latin American unity
notableWork Ismaelillo
La Edad de Oro
Nuestra América
Versos libres
Versos sencillos
occupation diplomat
journalist
poet
politician
teacher
writer
participantIn Cuban War of Independence
Cuban struggle for independence from Spain
politicalIdeology Latin Americanism
anti-imperialism
republicanism
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Caracas
Guatemala City
Havana
Madrid
Mexico City
New York City


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