Jorge Mañach y Robato was a Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

n writer and attorney, considered among the most distinguished of his time. His studies of José Martí

José Martí

José Julián Martí Pérez was a Cuban national hero and an important figure in Latin American literature. In his short life he was a poet, an essayist, a journalist, a revolutionary philosopher, a translator, a professor, a publisher, and a political theorist. He was also a part of the Cuban...

, the 'Apostle of Cuban Independence', are estimated to be one of the best political and literal interpretations.

Mañach was educated in Cuba, Spain, the United States and France. He graduated from Harvard University

Harvard University

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 in 1920, with a B.A. in Philosophy. From there he continued his higher education studies at the Université du Droit et de la Santé de Lille

Université du Droit et de la Santé de Lille

The Université du Droit et de la Santé de Lille or Université de Lille II is a French university for health, sports, management and law. It is located in Lille, Campus Lille II Droit Santé '...

 in Paris. And then at the University of Havana

University of Havana

The University of Havana or UH is a university located in the Vedado district of Havana, Cuba. Founded in 1728, the University of Havana is the oldest university in Cuba, and one of the first to be founded in the Americas...

 in Cuba. He was a participant of the revolution of 1933, and of the fight against Cuban Dictator Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista

Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar was the United States-aligned Cuban President, dictator and military leader who served as the leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1944 and from 1952 to 1959, before being overthrown as a result of the Cuban Revolution....

. He briefly was Foreign Minister

Foreign relations of Cuba

Cuba's once-ambitious foreign policy has been down sized as a result of economic hardship after the collapse of the Soviet bloc. Without massive Soviet subsidies and its primary trading partner Cuba was comparatively isolated in the 1990s, but has since entered bilateral co-operation with several...

 of Cuba in 1944. Because of his criticism of the Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...

 government he was forced to go into exile in 1960. He died in Puerto Rico in 1961. He was married to Margot Baños and they had one son, Dr. Jorge Mañach-Baños. In the 1930's he taught at Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 in New York City.

His first cousin, Edelmira Sampedro y Robato

Edelmira Sampedro y Robato

Edelmira Ignacia Adriana de Sampedro-Ocejo y Robato was known as Countess of Covadonga after her marriage to Alfonso, Prince of Asturias in 1933....

, married the heir to the Spanish throne.

Sources

(Spanish)

• Anuario Social de la Habana 1939; Luz-Hilo S.A.
• Directorio Social de la Habana 1948; P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C.
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949; Editorial Lex
• Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950; Editorial Lex
• Registro Social de la Habana 1958; Molina y Cia, S.A.