Carlos Franqui (December 4, 1921 – April 16, 2010) was a Cuban writer, poet, journalist, art critic, and political activist.

Upon the success of the Cuban Revolution in 1959, he was placed in charge of the rebellion's newspaper Revolución, which became an official government publication.

He developed friendships with Cuban artists, including writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante and painter Wifredo Lam.

During his tenure as editor, he maintained a degree of independence from the official line and emphasized the arts and literature, launching the literary supplement Lunes de Revolución, which was directed by Guillermo Cabrera Infante and featured high quality work by Cuban and international authors.

[6] During his European travels, he met artists and intellectuals, including Pablo Picasso, Miró, Calder, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Julio Cortázar.

In 1968, he officially broke with the Cuban government when he signed a letter condemning the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia.

After breaking relations with Cuba the Cuban government began airbrushing Franqui's image from photographs that documented the revolution's early years.

In the early 1990s, he moved to Puerto Rico,[1] where he lived in semi-retirement with his art collection from his years in Cuba and Europe.

His artwork collection included works from Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Andy Warhol, and Frida Kahlo among others.