Close

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Marti-Jo.html" title="Facts and informations about Jos&eacute; Mart&iacute;">Jos&eacute; Mart&iacute;</a>

José Martí

José Martí , 1853-95, Cuban essayist, poet, and patriot, leader of the Cuban struggle for independence. One of the greatest prose writers of Spanish America, he is noted for his fluent style and vivid imagery. In Nuestra América (1891) and other essays he brilliantly analyzed the sociopolitical problems of Latin America. As a poet he wrote the famous Ismaelillo (1882), Versos libres (c.1882, pub. 1913), and a collection of exquisite lyrics, Versos sencillos (1891). His disregard for the stilted rhetoric of most 19th-century Spanish literature made him a precursor of the modernismo movement. Simultaneously a poet and a man of action, Martí led a life of heroic dedication to the cause of Cuban independence. At the age of 16 he was arrested and exiled. A long and arduous pilgrimage ensued during which he lived and worked in Mexico, Spain, Guatemala, Venezuela, and the United States, chiefly in New York City. He earned his living mostly by contributing articles (including some perceptive appraisals of literary, artistic, and political life in the United States) to South American newspapers and to the New York Sun. A great admirer of the United States, he nevertheless feared the effect of U.S. power and influence on the South American republics. During his last stay in the United States (1881-95) he founded the Cuban Revolutionary party and became the leading figure of the liberation movement. A major tragedy at the commencement of the final insurrection against Spain was his untimely death at the battle of Dos Ríos in May, 1895.

Bibliography: See biographies by F. Lizoso (1953, repr. 1974) and R. B. Gray (1962).

Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research

(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)

	The United States and Bolivia. Magazine article from: Foreign Policy in Focus; 9/18/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...alleged support by the United States of wealthy landowners...expulsion from La Paz and the South American government's demands that the United States stop backing the illegitimate...in aid annually from the United States. It's an important supplement...in Bolivia is ... Read more
	The Hispanic-Latino Wave.(workplace diversity and migrant workers in United States) Magazine article from: Franchising World; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...who came to the United States directly from...or Central and South American heritage and...immigration into the United States has significantly...migration within United States will continue...states in the South and West. * Five... Read more
	Message to the Senate Transmitting the Bolivia-United States Bilateral Investment Treaty With Documentation.(Transcript)(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 5/29/2000; ; 295 words ; May 23, 2000 To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice...Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of...the sixth such treaty between the United States and a Central or South American country. The Treaty ... Read more
	Chile: rising star of South American exporters. (agricultural exports) Magazine article from: Frozen Food Digest; 4/1/1992; 700+ words ; ...emerged as the star of South American Agricultural exporters...unsurpassed by any other South American nation. Many factors boosted...surpassing even Italy. The United States buys more than half of...s. Chile surpassed the United States as the largest ... Read more
	BRAZIL: UNASUL TO CHANGE SOUTH AMERICAN GEOPOLITICS. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 5/27/2008; 411 words ; ...creation of the Union of South American Nations (Unasul) should...and must depend on the United States and the European Union, he asserted. South American heads of state gathered...the scepticism of some South American countries and the possibility...because the ... Read more
	CUBA: SOUTH AMERICAN DEFENCE MINISTERS OPPOSE US BLOCKADE OF CUBA. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 3/11/2009; 175 words ; ...underway in Santiago de Chile, agreed on the need for the United States to lift its economic, financial and commercial blockade...meetings, with regard to a visit made to Chile and other South American nations by Michael Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) of the ... Read more
	Message to the Senate Transmitting the Honduras-United States Bilateral Investment Treaty With Documentation.(Transcript)(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 5/29/2000; ; 284 words ; May 23, 2000 To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of...herewith the Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Honduras...Honduras is the fourth such Treaty with a Central or South ... Read more
	CUBA: SOUTH AMERICAN SOLIDARITY BRIGADE ENDS VISIT. Newspaper article from: IPR Strategic Business Information Database; 2/8/2009; 122 words ; According to Cuban News Agency: Members of a South American solidarity with Cuba brigade on a visit to Cuba said...around the five Cuban terrorism fighters in prison in the United States. The representative of the local Friendship Institute...first hand information about the island's reality. The ... Read more
	Message to the Senate Transmitting the El Salvador-United States Bilateral Investment Treaty With Documentation.(Transcript)(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 5/29/2000; ; 285 words ; May 23, 2000 To the Senate of the United States: With a view to receiving the advice and consent of...herewith the Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of El...Salvador is the seventh such treaty with a Central or South ... Read more
	Message to the Congress transmitting proposed legislation to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement: week ending July 18, 2003.(Transcript) Newspaper article from: Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents; 7/21/2003; ; 700+ words ; ...the Congress of the United States: I am pleased to transmit...documents to implement the United States-Chile Free Trade Agreement...enhance prosperity in the United States and Chile, serve the...Chile FTA is the first United States free trade agreement with a ... Read more

For more facts and information, see all related premium articles

Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses

	modernismo Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...poetry of the Cuban leader, José Martí. Julian del Casal, Salvador Díaz Mirón, José Asunción Silva, and Manuel...Freyre, Guillermo Valencia , José Santos Chocano , and Amado...extraordinary prose writer in José Enrique Rodó . The movement... Read more
	El Salvador Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Democratic party (PDC), and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN). The country...and Justo Rufino Barrios of Guatemala and José Santos Zelaya of Nicaragua. The primacy...Major Oscar Osorio (1950-56) and Lt. Col. José María Lemus (1956-60) considerable economic... Read more

See all related entries