Jorge Mañach

Jorge Mañach y Robato (February 14, 1898, Sagua La Grande, Cuba – June 25, 1961, San Juan, Puerto Rico) was a Cuban writer and attorney, considered among the most distinguished of his time.

His studies of José Martí, the 'Apostle of Cuban Independence', are estimated to be among the best political and literary interpretations.

[citation needed] Mañach was educated in Cuba, Spain, the United States, and France.

Mañach was one of the founders of the avant-garde magazine Revista de Avance which was launched in Havana in 1927.

His first cousin, Edelmira Sampedro y Robato, married the heir to the Spanish throne.