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Cirilo Villaverde
Born28 October 1812
near Pinar del Río, Cuba
Died24 October 1894
New York

Cirilo Villaverde de la Paz (1812 - 1894) was a Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and freedom fighter. He is best known for Cecilia Valdés, a novel about classes and races in colonial Cuba.

When the poet Miguel Teurbe Tolón's wife, sewed the first flag of Cuba,[1] Villaverde helped settle upon the final design: two white stripes, three blue, a red triangle, and a lone star.

  1. ^ Jorge Iznaga. JOSE ANICETO IZNAGA BORRELL Iznaga Genealogy (IZNAGA - 1420 - Present), Retrieved 5 December 2012.

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