The poetess and writer María de las Mercedes Matamoros died in Havana.

She was born in the city of Cienfuegos on March 13, 1851. Years later she moved to Havana and managed to have a thorough education, even learning several languages, which allowed her to read and translate important poets.

After the beginning of the struggle for Cuban independence, he refused to write for newspapers that were enemies of the Cuban cause. Between 1868 and 1878 he stopped writing poems and only dedicated himself to translations from English and French to earn a living. In 1879 she published her work "Hebrew Melodies" which opened the doors of fame and placed her in a prominent place among the women writers of Cuba. Soon her literary productions reached European and South American magazines.

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