SANTOVENIA 



EMETERIO S. SANTOVENIA 



Journalist; author; his- 

 torian. 



EMETERIO S. SANTOVENIA Y ECHAIDE 



was born on the twenty-third of May, 

 1889, in the village of Mantua, Pinar del 

 Rio, and there pursued his early studies, 

 afterward continuing in the Institute of 

 Pinar del Rio, where he obtained the 

 degree of Bachelor of Letters and Sciences, 

 and at the University of Havana where he 

 pursued the courses for the degree of Doc- 

 tor of Civil Law. He was made Professor 

 of Public Instruction but pursued the 

 vocation only one year, devoting himself 

 to literary pursuits, both as journalist and 

 as author. As journalist he has contri- 

 buted extensively to most of the leading 

 papers and magazines of Havana including 

 Diario de la Marina, El Comer do, El Triun- 

 fo, La Prensa, Heraldo de Cuba, La Nacion, 



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