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Collection
Titre
Héctor Santiago Papers
Date(s)
- 1958-2002 (Production)
Importance matérielle
7 Boxes
Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Héctor Santiago Armenteros Ruiz is a versatile artist who was involved in theater in Cuba, before and after the Cuban Revolution, and in the United States. He worked as an actor, playwright, director, choreographer, dancer, and puppeteer. Santiago was born in Havana, Cuba in 1944. He graduated from the Cuban National Dramatist School after studying literature at the University of Havana. In 1959, he co-founded the Children’s Theatrical Movement in Cuba. The writer Virgilio Piñera was his intimate friend and his literature professor throughout those active years.
In 1965, Santiago was accused of antisocial behavior. Five years later he was arrested and his literary works seized by the government. The artist was sentenced to three years service in UMAP (Military Units to Aid Production), which was a type of Cuban forced labor camp where political dissidents were made to work in inhumane conditions. In 1979, he left Cuba for Spain. Santiago was eventually able to move to New York, where he resides today.
Santiago has been active in promoting HIV awareness in New York City. He has shown a strong desire to portray the social and human impacts of the disease, as it was a theme in his plays throughout the 1980s. He once said, “As a human being, I have tried to bring light to these dark times and unflaggingly struggled so that man does not become man’s wolf.”
Many of his plays have been performed in Cuba and in the United States. His short stories, essays, and plays have been published and translated into English, French and Catalan. His play Vida y Pasión de la Peregrina (Life and Passion of the Pilgrim) was the winner of the Golden Letters Award from the University of Florida, and the world premiere took place during the Miami International Theatre Festival in 1998.
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
The Héctor Santiago Papers collection includes only part of his literary anthology, with future additions expected. The Papers include scripts, essays, short stories, reviews, clippings, and theater programs. Additionally, the collection contains personal and professional correspondence, interviews, awards, and financial records. Some scripts and stories written by Santiago in 1960s were excavated from the ground beneath a tree in Cuba where they had been buried for more than 20 years. In order to preserve these original typescripts, photocopies have been made for perusal. Also of interest is a group of letters written by Santiago’s fellow prisoners in UMAP.
Mode de classement
The Héctor Santiago Papers are organized into two series described in the "Finding Aid/Inventory" section of this guide. A detailed container list is available in the "Container List (PDF)" field.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
This collection is open for research.
Accès physique
Due to the fragile condition of originals, selected manuscript playscripts and stories written by Santiago in 1960s are only available for use as photocopies.
Accès technique
Conditions de reproduction
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: Héctor Santiago Papers, Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries, Coral Gables, Florida.
Langue des documents
- espagnol
Écriture des documents
Notes de langue et graphie
Instruments de recherche
Générer l'instrument de recherche
Éléments d'acquisition et d'évaluation
Historique de la conservation
Source immédiate d'acquisition
Gift of Héctor Santiago, 2006. A second donation of materials was received in 2016.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
Selected materials from this collection have been digitized.
https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/collection/theater
Sources complémentaires
Descriptions associées
Élément de notes
Note générale
Other Information:
Sponsor Note:
This collection processed with the support of the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and Board of County Commissioners.
Rights Statement:
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Note de l'archiviste
Processed by Marta Martínez, November 2008. Finding aid edited by Rachel Ewy and María R. Estorino, October 2009. Finding aid subjects terms assigned by Ana D. Rodríguez, February 2013. Updated by Juan A.Villanueva and Samuel J. Franco, February 2017. Updated by Rebeca Gonzalez, May 2021.
Mots-clés
Mots-clés - Sujets
Mots-clés - Lieux
Mots-clés - Noms
- Unidades Militares de Ayuda (Sujet)