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grados" in Matanzas. He is a member of 

 the Cuban Academy of Arts and Letters 

 and an Associate (Correspondent ) Fellow 

 of the Academy of the Republic of San 

 Salvador. 



Byrne has not been without honors in 

 his own city: The Council has declared 

 him an Eminent Son of the City of Matan- 

 zas, and a street has been named in his 

 honor. A commemorative stone tablet has 

 been placed in the house in which he was 

 born, at the expense of the Association of 

 Students of the Institute in the same place. 



In 191 5, during a second visit to the 

 Great Republic of the North, Byrne wrote 

 a book of verses entitled La Nation Mara- 

 villosa, a tribute of admiration to the 

 country of Washington. This has not yet 

 appeared. 



His published writings are the following: 

 Volumes of poetry: Excentricas (Phila- 

 delphia, i8g$);Efigies (Philadelphia, 1897); 

 Lira y Espada (1901); Poemas (1903); En 

 Medio del C amino (191 4). 



Several of his dramatic works have been 

 produced with success: El Anonimo; Rayo 



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