# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lydia-cabrera
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:47:44.921Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lydia-cabrera"
name: "Lydia Cabrera"
slug: "lydia-cabrera"
description: "Lydia Cabrera was a Cuban independent ethnographer, writer, and literary activist. She was an authority on Santería and other Afro-Cuban religions. During her lifetime she published over one hundred books; little of her work is available in English. Her most important book is El Monte, which was the first major ethnographic study of Afro-Cuban traditions, herbalism and religion. First published in 1954, the book became a \"textbook\" for those who practice Lukumi and Palo Monte both religions reaching the Caribbean through enslaved Africans. Her papers and research materials were donated to the Cuban Heritage Collection - the largest repository of materials on or about Cuba located outside of Cuba - forming part of the library of the University of Miami. A section in Guillermo Cabrera Infante's book Tres Tigres Tristes is written under Lydia Cabrera's name, in a comical rendition of her literary voice. She was one of the first writers to recognize and sensitively publish on the richness of Afro-Cuban culture and religion. She made valuable contributions in the areas of literature, anthropology, art, ethnomusicology, and ethnology."
tagline: "Afro-Cuban anthropologist (1899-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lidia_cabrera.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1899-05-20"
deathDate: "1991-09-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             3.066290407070075
  historical:           10.29463866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ليديا كابريرا"
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    title: "ليديا كابريرا"
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    title: "Lydia Cabrera"
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    title: "Lydia Cabrera"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Cabrera"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump