Francisco Ichaso
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Cienfuegos, Las Villas
Francisco Ichaso | |
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| Director of the Press and Information Office of the Presidential Palace of Cuba | |
| In office 1934 | |
| Member of the Havana City Council | |
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| Born | October 10, 1901 Cienfuegos, Las Villas |
| Died | October 28, 1962 (aged 61) |
Francisco Ichaso Macías was a Cuban journalist, lawyer, and political thinker who played a significant role in Cuba’s intellectual and political landscape during the early and mid-20th century.[1] He served as a member of the Havana City Council, and Director of the Press and Information Office. He was a member of the Minorista Group, and the President of PEN International's Cuba Club.[2] He was also present at the Protest of the Thirteen, the first major protest of the Cuban intellectual class since Cuban independence.[3]
Born in Cienfuegos, Las Villas, Ichaso was the son of León Ichaso Díaz, a Basque writer and journalist, and Rafaela Macías Guerra, of Canarian descent. He was the eldest of five children. His family relocated to Havana when his father became deputy director of Diario de la Marina, one of Cuba's leading newspapers. Ichaso was educated at the Colegio de Belén and later earned a Doctorate in Law from the University of Havana at the age of 21.[1]
Career as a journalist
Ichaso began writing for Diario de la Marina in his youth, serving as a critic of theater, film, and music, as well as a political columnist. He contributed regularly to Bohemia and was a founding member of Revista de Avance and the newspaper Denuncia.[1]
During the 1920s, Ichaso was an active participant in Cuba’s intellectual movements.[4] On May 18, 1923, he took part in the Protest of the Thirteen, a demonstration against the administration of President Alfredo Zayas Alfonso, and was a signatory to the "Manifesto of the Group of Thirteen."[5] Later, he was a member of the Minorista Group, a collective that sought to address corruption and advocate for social change.
