# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-lezama-lima
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:56:21.509Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-lezama-lima"
name: "José Lezama Lima"
slug: "jose-lezama-lima"
description: "José María Andrés Fernando Lezama Lima was a Cuban writer, poet and essayist. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Cuban and Latin American literature. His novel Paradiso is one of the most important works in Spanish and one of the best novels of the 20th Century according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo."
tagline: "Cuban writer, poet (1910–1976)"
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birthDate: "1910-12-19"
deathDate: "1976-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump