Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández
Manuel de la Cruz y Fernández was a Cuban writer and journalist. He served as editor of El Fígaro, a weekly Cuban magazine, and wrote for several magazines and newspapers in Cuba and abroad. In 1890, he published Episodios de la Revolución Cubana, a collection of first-hand accounts of the Ten Years' War. He also wrote fictional novels including La Hija del Montero and La Hija del Guardiero. De la Cruz died suddenly in 1896 at the age of 34.
