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rise to power, etc). He considered himself a member of the "Generation of 1938," a literary development characterized by a feeling of anguish and a need for commitment. All that Baeza has written reflects the anxiety of living in a world where technological progress has not been matched by an
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and read it under the light of his Island — even though he was a man of many exiles and uprooting." Baeza became active in Cuban political and literary circles while simultaneously engaging in a variety of undertakings. He contributed to
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and fell in love with the country and its people, and decided to make Cuba his home. Baeza Flores stated that one of the reasons he went to Cuba was to know firsthand "the homeland of
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A change of position compelled the writer-diplomat to leave for the
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Pérez, Pablo Reyes. “LA POESÍA SORPRENDIDA: ESTUDIO MÉTRICO Y POÉTICO DE VARIOS DE SUS AUTORES.”(2019). Web
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