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Cuban-born poet (1803–1839)

Not to be confused with José-Maria de Heredia.

José María Herediay Heredia, also known as José María Heredia y Campuzano (December 31, 1803 – May 7, 1839) was a Cuban-born poet considered by many to be the first romantic poet of the Americas^[1][2] and the initiator of Latin American romanticism.^[3][4] More recently, this view has been qualified, highlighting Heredia's roots in Neoclassicism and the aesthetics of eighteenth-century Sensibility.^[5] He is known as "El Cantor del Niagara" and regarded as one of the most important poets in the Spanish language.^[6] He has also been named National Poet of Cuba.

Heredia studied at the University of Havana, and received a law degree in 1823. In the autumn of 1823 he was arrested on a charge of conspiracy against the Spanish government for participating in pro-independence activities against the Spanish authoriti