Carilda Oliver Labra

Carilda Oliver Labra (6 July 1922 – 29 August 2018) was a Cuban poet. She was born in Matanzas.

Oliver Labra studied law at the University of Havana. She was known as one of the most influential Cuban poets.

Oliver Labra won many national and international prizes including the National Poetry Prize (1950), National Literature Award (1997) and the José de Vasconcelos International Prize (2002). Me desordeno, amor, me desordeno might be her most famous poem.

Oliver Labra died of pneumonia in Matanzas on 29 August 2018, aged 96.

Related pages

List of poets from North America

References

1 2 3 Luis Sexto. "Carlida Oliver Labra: Poetry and Total Love". CubaNow. Archived from the original on June 9, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-13.
↑ Urbano Martínez Carmenate (2004). Carilda Oliver Labra: La Poesía Como Destino. Cuba: Editorial Letras Cubanas. p. 485.
↑ Gioseffi, Daniela. "Carilda Oliver Labra". The Drunken Boat. Retrieved 2006-12-13.^{[permanent dead link]}
↑ "Fallece la poetisa cubana Carilda Oliver Labra a los 96 años". elnuevoherald.

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[CB-1] 1 2 3 Luis Sexto. "Carlida Oliver Labra: Poetry and Total Love". CubaNow. Archived from the original on June 9, 2007. Retrieved 2006-12-13.

[2] Urbano Martínez Carmenate (2004). Carilda Oliver Labra: La Poesía Como Destino. Cuba: Editorial Letras Cubanas. p. 485.

[DB-3] Gioseffi, Daniela. "Carilda Oliver Labra". The Drunken Boat. Retrieved 2006-12-13.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "Fallece la poetisa cubana Carilda Oliver Labra a los 96 años". elnuevoherald.