Jose Marti
José Julián
Martí Pérez was born January 28, 1853 in Havana, Cuba. He was a poet, an essayist, a
journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a
publisher, and a political theorist. He did so much in his short life.
He extensively
traveled to Spain, Latin America, and the United States, raising awareness and
support for the cause of Cuban independence. Jose Marti is considered one
of the great turn of the century Latin American intellectuals. Marti believed
that freedom and justice should be the cornerstones of any government; one has
only to read his work and learn of the struggle that he took up freely. Marti
died in military action on May 19, 1895 at the age of 42.
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