Hours: Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Hours: Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Saturdays from 8:15 a.m. at 4:15 p.m.
Address: Obispo st. no. 59, between Oficios and Baratillo st, Old Havana
Gabriela Mistral Library (Hispanic American Center of Culture)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. at 12:00 m.
Address: Malecón st. no. 17 between Prado and Capdevila, Havana Center
Phone: (+53) 7860 6282
Cuban and American Historical Library Francisco González del Valle
Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Address: Obispo between Mercaderes and San Ignacio, Old Havana
Phone: (+53)7864 8960
Library Don Fernando Ortiz
Hours: Monday to Friday from 8 a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Address: Obrapíano.157, between San Ignacio and Mercaderes, Old Havana
Phone: (+53) 7861 5798
Félix Varela Pedagogical Library
Hours: Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5:00p.m.
Address: Obispo st no. 462 between Aguacate and Villegas, Old Havana
Phone: (53) 78664328/ 7861 5468
Alfonso Reyes Library (House of the Benemérito de las Américas Benito Juárez)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m.
Address: Obrapía st No.116 between Mercaderes and Oficios, Old Havana
Tel: (53) 78618166
IBN Jaldún Library (House of the Arabs)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m.
Address: Oficios st No.16 between Obispo and Obra Pía, Old Havana
Tel: (53) 78615868
Fermín Valdés Domínguez, Library (José Martí Birthplace)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m.
Address: Leonor Pérez st No.314 between Picota and Egido, Old Havana
Tel: (53) 78613778
Simón Rodríguez Library (Simón Bolívar House)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m.
Address: Mercaderes st No.156 between Obrapía and Lamparilla, Old Havana
Tel: (53) 78613988
Rabindranath Tagore Library (House of Asia)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m.
Address: Mercaderes st No. 111 between Obispo and Obra Pía, Old Havana
Tel: (53) 78639740
Ada Elba Pérez Library (House of Poetry)
Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. at 5:00 p.m.
Address: Muralla st No. 63 (ground floor) between Oficios and Inquisidor, Old Havana
Tel: (53) 78621801
Cuban authors have marked patterns in the development of this artistic manifestation, they are: José Martí, Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda, Nicolás Guillén, José María Heredia, José Lezama Lima, Alejo Carpentier, Virgilio Piñera, Dulce María Loynaz, among others.
The Literature of Cuba is one of the most prolific, relevant, and influential ones of Latin America and the whole ambit of the Spanish language. “Reflejo de Paciencia” is considered the first literary work written in Cuban territory in the XVII century.