LLES 



FERNANDO LLES 



Writer; editor; poet. 



Fernando Lles was born in Ceiba 

 Mocha, Province of Matanzas, on the 

 thirty-first of August, 1882, but received 

 his early education in Spain where he was 

 taken by his parents when he was only four 

 years old. When he was twelve he returned 

 to Cuba and set to work to gain an educa- 

 tion which should be broad and sound in 

 spite of its irregularity of method. Re- 

 solving to remedy the casual nature of his 

 educational training by sustained methodi- 

 cal study, Lies obtained in 19 18 the Bache- 

 lor's degree in the Institute of Matanzas. 



From a very early age Lies felt drawn to 

 letters and particularly to poetry. He 

 founded and edited two magazines, Alma 

 Latina and Matanzas, both of which had an 

 interesting though brief career. In 1909 



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