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Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes
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Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes

A brilliant Havana poet executed under colonial suspicion.

Placido, the pen name of Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes, was a mixed-race Cuban poet who lived and worked in Havana. His poetry and political associations drew colonial scrutiny, and he was executed in Havana in 1844, turning him into a lasting symbol of crushed artistic talent.

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