G.A.L.A. (Grupo Artístico Literario Abril) Records

Collection

G.A.L.A. (Grupo Artístico Literario Abril) Records

• 1978-1997 (Creation)

1 Box

The Grupo Artístico Literario Abril (G.A.L.A) was founded in 1977 in Miami with the purpose of bringing together members of the literary and arts community. It became an official non-profit organization in 1982 in the state of Florida. G.A.L.A recognized many different Cuban and Latin American writers, poets, and artists from 1978 until 1997. G.A.L.A. was comprised of world renowned writers and they often paid tribute to their accomplishments. They awarded the "Agustín Acosta"award for poetry and the "GALA" award for short stories. Many newspapers around the world recognized and documented G.A.L.A.'s cultural events, lectures, conferences, recitals, and expositions held mostly in Miami, Florida.

The collection consists of newspaper clippings, correspondence, circular letters, press releases, lists of award recipients, photographs, and audio cassettes. Official records also include a constitution, by-laws, meeting minutes, and financial records.

This collection is open for research.

This collection is housed off-campus and must be requested a minimum of seven days in advanced for consultation in the Cuban Heritage Collection Reading Room.

Requests to publish or display materials from this collection require written permission from the rights owner. Please, contact chc@miami.edu for more information.

Preferred citation: G.A.L.A. (Grupo Artístico Literario Abril) Records, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.

• English
• Spanish

Gift of Amelia del Castillo, 2003.

The collection-level record created by Valentina Lamas, March 2010. Updated by Juan A. Villanueva, October 2015. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.

• Nonprofit organizations
• Poets, Latin American

• Clippings (information artifacts)
• Correspondence » Letters (correspondence)