JOSE MARTI 1853 1895 CUBAN POET AND REVOLUTIONARY MARTI JOSE 1853 1895 REGION CARIBBEAN GLOBAL RELATIONS BORN IN HAVANA CUBA JOSE MARTI WAS A PUBLISHED POET BY AGE 15 IN 1868 HE SUPPORTED A CUBAN REBELLION AGAINST THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT AND SERVED SIX MONTHS OF HARD LABOR FOR HIS ACTIONS SOON AFTER MARTI WAS SEEN AS DANGEROUS TO THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT AND WAS SENT TO LIVE IN SPAIN WHILE THERE HE RECEIVED TWO DEGREES FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA IN 1878 MARTI RETURNED TO CUBA BUT WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO SPAIN IN 1879 HE TRAVELED FROM SPAIN TO FRANCE TO NEW YORK CITY TO VENEZUELA WHEREVER HE WENT MARTI WROTE POETRY EVENTUALLY PUBLISHING THOSE POEMS AS A COLLECTION ENTITLED VERSOS LIBRES FREE VERSES MARTI ALSO WROTE ESSAYS INCLUDING EMERSON PUBLISHED IN 1882 AND BOLIVAR PUBLISHED IN 1893 IN 1892 MARTI WAS ELECTED LEADER OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTIONARY PARTY FROM HIS HOME IN NEW YORK CITY HE PLANNED AN ATTACK TO FREE CUBA FROM SPAIN THE FIGHTING BEGAN IN APRIL 1895 MARTI DIED ON THE BATTLEFIELD OF DOS RIOS A MONTH LATER
