1.2 History as a literary genre, Pedro Agustín Morell de Santa Cruz, antecedents dating back to 1703

1.1 The work “Mirror of Patience”, by Silvestre de Balboa, published in 1608

1 Literature in the colonial period (1608 – 1790)

History of Cuban literature, from the appearance of “Mirror of Patience” in 1608 to the present day