Havana/The Betania publishing house, based in Madrid, recalls that it has published the catalog of a collection of 37 Cuban-themed electronic books that can be downloaded for free on its website. The volumes are available in PDF format, and correspond to the publisher’s work between 2011 and 2024.
According to the introductory note to the catalog, Betania began offering free downloads of several of its books from its Blog in 2011. Among the titles offered, the following stand out: Conversations with Gastón Baquero –the first volume published by the publisher–, by Felipe Lázaro; the poetry collection language of the mute, by Delfín Prats; the tales Nostalgia, ironies and other hallucinationsby Amir Valle, and the memoirs Today like yesterday, by Antonio Guedes.
Betania was founded in Madrid in 1987 by the exiled Cuban poet Felipe Lázaro
Betania was founded in Madrid in 1987 by the exiled Cuban poet Felipe Lázaro. It is defined as a “publishing house at the service of Latin American culture.” Its collection offers books by authors both from the interior of the Island and from its exile, as well as writers from throughout Latin America.
He has also maintained a “clear poetic vocation,” primarily editing poetry books by relevant writers in the Spanish language, such as the Peruvian Alfredo Pérez Alencart. He has also published plays, books of essays, fiction and interviews. Betania’s editorial production is distributed in 14 collections.
Other notable authors edited by Betania are Dulce María Loynaz, Reinaldo Arenas, José Mario, Ángel Escobar, Raúl Rivero, Virgilio López Lemus, Daína Chaviano, Matías Montes Huidobro, Jorge Luis Arcos and Aimée González Bolaños.
