José Antonio Fernández de Castro

[1] He was a member of the Minorista Group, the Veterans and Patriots Movement, and participated in the Protest of the Thirteen.

"[3] In 1917 he graduated with a doctorate in civil law degree from the University of Havana.

[5][6] Long interested in journalism and historical investigation, he worked with the newspapers El Fígaro and La Nación.

He directed the literary section of Diario de la Marina from 1927 to 1929, using it as a platform to support the contemporary Spanish avant-garde literary movements, often called the vanguardia.

[6] His most important works include a compilation of the letters of José Antonio Saco, published under the title Medio siglo de historia colonial de Cuba (1923).