Paper short abstract:

This paper will look at not only the impact of the Spanish Civil War in Cuban writers who volunteered and participated in the conflict (Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Carlos Montenegro, Alejo Carpentier), but also at their contribution during the civil war.

Paper long abstract:

The Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) dragged a thousand Cuban volunteers to fight for the Republic against Franco. Despite the close historical links between Cuba and Spain, the large community of Spaniards living in Cuba and the appeal for what has been considered the last Romantic war in Europe, the ideals of the Second Spanish Republic represented a tantalisingly real scenario through which many Cubans could channel their hopes and anxieties.The manifesto signed by Latin American intellectuals who attended the II Congreso Internacional de Escritores para la Defensa de la Cultura in Spain (1937), declared that "España es el futuro de […] Hispanoamérica. Trabajando por el triunfo de España trabaja el escritor nuestro por el triunfo de Hispano-América". This paper will look at not only the impact of the Spanish Civil War in Cuban writers who volunteered and participated in the conflict (Pablo de la Torriente Brau, Carlos Montenegro, Alejo Carpentier), but also at their contribution during the civil war.