Enrique Labrador Ruiz (May 11, 1902 – November 10, 1991) was a Cuban journalist, novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet.

Biography

Enrique Labrador Ruiz, Cuban journalist, novelist, essayist, short story writer, and poet, was born in Sagua la Grande, Cuba, on May 11, 1902. He was a member of the Academia Cubana de la Lengua and also of the Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española. Labrador Ruiz was a well-learned and traveled man who created his own style of writing novels, which he called gaseiforme. In 1933, he published his first novel in this style, El laberinto de sí mismo, which forms a trilogy with Cresival (1936) and Anteo (Novela gaseiforme) (1940). With his collection of short stories, El gallo en el espejo (1953), he established his cuentería cubiche style. ^[1]

In 1976, Labrador Ruiz and his wife María (Cheché) were exiled from Cuba. After residing in Spain and Venezuela, they moved to and maintained their permanent residence in Miami, Florida. During his years of exile, Labrador Ruiz wrote for many literary journals and newspapers, including Réplica (Miami), El Diario de Caracas, and Linden Lane Magazine. ^[1]

Enrique Labrador Ruiz received numerous awards and honors for his works of literature. In Cuba, Conejito Ulán won the Hernández Catá Prize in 1946, and in 1950 his novel Sangre hambrienta won the Premio Nacional de Literatura. Some of his most important works are: El gallo en el espejo (1953), El pan de los muertos (1958), and his final work, Cartas a la carte (1991). ^[1]

Enrique Labrador Ruiz died in Miami on November 10, 1991. ^[1]

Works or publications

• Anteo (novela gaseiforme). Habana: [Carasa y cía]. 1940. OCLC  31296981.
• Ateneo : novela gasei forme. Habana: [publisher not identified]. 1940. OCLC  2907220.
• Carne de quimera : (novelines neblinosos). Miami, Fla.: SIBI. 1983. OCLC  10470989.
• Cartas a la carte. Miami, FL: Ediciones Universal. 1991. OCLC  23930395.
• Conejito Ulán. La Habana: Ediciones La Tertulia. 1963. OCLC  935654.
• Cresival : novela. Habana, Cuba: [publisher not identified]. 1936. OCLC  4731458.
• Cuentos. La Habana: [UNEAC]. 1970. OCLC  2405816.
• El cuento en la revolución. La Habana: Union de escritores y artistas de Cuba. 1975. OCLC  490797162.
• El gallo en el espejo. Mexico: Editorial Novaro. 1958. OCLC  3209206.
• El laberinto de sí mismo : novela. New York: Senda Nueva de Ediciones. 1983. OCLC  10344167.
• El pan de los muertos. Miami, Fla., U.S.A.: Ediciones Universal. 1988. OCLC  18718106.
• Enrique en la república de Labrador. Matanzas Cuba: Ediciones Matanzas. 2011. OCLC  818354240.
• Grimpolario (saldo lírico). Habana: Carasa y Co. 1937. OCLC  5269600.
• Festschrift. Montevideo: Ed. Ciencias. 1981. OCLC  252866637.
• La sangre hambrienta; novela. México: Ediciones Mundo Nuevo. 1959. OCLC  3521712.
• Conversaciones con Reinaldo Sánchez. Miami, FL: Hispamerican Books. 1984. OCLC  12930814.
• Manera de vivir : pequeño expediente literario. La Habana: [publisher not identified]. 1941. OCLC  4599447.
• Papel de fumar, cenizas de conversación. La Habana: Editorial Lex. 1945. OCLC  13548698.
• Trailer de sueños. Habana. 1949. OCLC  5924741.{{ citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)
• Un hombre de vasos capilares. Santa Clara: Editorial Capiro. 2005. OCLC  181159676.
• Viajero sin itinerarios: crónicas de viaje. La Habana, Cuba: Editorial Letras Cubanas. 2011. OCLC  801973483.
• Grimpolario (saldo lírico). 1937.
• Carne de quimera (novelines neblinosos). 1947.

See also

• Cuban American literature
• List of Cuban-American writers

Notes and references

Further reading

• Sánchez, Reinaldo (1981). Homenaje a Enrique Labrador Ruiz : textos críticos sobre su obra. OCLC  8920556.
• Alba-Buffill, Elio (1987). Enrique Labrador Ruiz : precursor marginado. Universidad Católica del Uruguay "Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. OCLC  22971881.
• Barrio, Adis (2007). Labrador Ruiz en su laberinto. OCLC  313752169.
• Barrio Tosar, Adis (2008). Realidad, fantasía y humor en tres escritores cubanos. OCLC  468787268.
• Bueno, Salvador (1958). Trayectoria de Labrador Ruiz. A los 25 años de "Laberinto". OCLC  19808189.
• Febres Cordero, Julio (1970). Retrato de un novelista reportero : Enrique Labrador Ruiz. OCLC  27116252.
• Guerrero, Ramon; et al. Ramón Guerrero Papers and Photographs. OCLC  888088796.
• Lunar Cardelo, Lorenzo; Murga, Rebeca (2005). Un hombre de vasos capilares. OCLC  254575411.
• Molinero, Rita (1977). La narrativa de Enrique Labrador Ruiz. OCLC  3839847.
• Murga, Rebeca (2009). El esclavo y la palabra. OCLC  794671390.
• Villarronda, Guillermo (1941). Tres novelas distintas y ... un solo autor verdadero. OCLC  2403402.

External links

• The Enrique Labrador Ruiz papers are available at the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries. The Enrique Labrador Ruiz papers consist primarily of the manuscripts of his articles and essays written in exile and includes that of his final book, Cartas a la carte (1991).
• Selected items from the Enrique Labrador Ruiz papers Archived 2010-06-16 at the Wayback Machine are available through the University of Miami Libraries Digital Collections Archived 2015-01-19 at the Wayback Machine portal.