Person

José Martí

1853–1895 · 19th century

José Martí was a Cuban poet, journalist and revolutionary, the national hero of Cuba. Exiled for most of his life, mainly in New York, he founded the Cuban Revolutionary Party in 1892 to unite the exiles for a new war of independence. He was killed at Dos Ríos on 19 May 1895, soon after landing in Cuba, and his writings shaped Latin American modernismo and Cuban nationalism.

José Martí
Image: Cuba. Secretaría de Instrucción Pública y Bellas Artes. · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 1 state history

Republic of Cuba in Arms

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). José Martí. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jose-marti
MLA
“José Martí.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jose-marti. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “José Martí.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jose-marti.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘José Martí’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/jose-marti (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻