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Lydia Cabrera

Afro-Cuban anthropologist (1899-1991)
Person human Q456933

Facts

22 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
female[16]
Date of birth
May 20, 1900, May 20, 1899[8]
Date of death
September 19, 1991
Place of birth
Havana
Place of death
Miami
Country of citizenship
Cuba[10]
Occupation
writer, poet, ethnologist
Field of work
anthropological research, religion[11][12]
Educated at
École du Louvre[13]
Award received
honorary doctor of the University of Miami[14]
Father
Raimundo Cabrera[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Spanish[28]
Archives at
Cuban Heritage Collection, Archives of American Art[19][20]
Described by source
Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography, Latin American Women Writers: an Encyclopedia[25][26][27]
Family name
Cabrera[21]
Given name
Lydia[22]
Influenced by
Europe[15]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject African diaspora[29]
Sexual orientation
lesbianism[17]
Significant event
emigration, exile[23][24]
Unmarried partner
Ana Teresa Parra Sanojo[18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lydia Cabrera en Lydia E. Pinban en Lydia E. Pinbán ar ليديا كابريرا es Lydia E. Pinbán es Lydia E. Pinban es Nena ja リディア・カブレラ ru Кабрера Лидия ru Кабрера, Лидия ru Лидия Кабрера
🔖 Identifiers · 54
ISNI
0000000115760553
VIAF cluster ID
170382959
Library of Congress authority ID
n80098243, no95010384
GND ID
119038234
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Lidia cabrera.JPG ↗
AbART person ID
160732
BIBSYS ID
90270555
BVMC person ID
30970
Babelio author ID
300002
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
12237699n
BookBrainz author ID
987e5f8f-ad4f-41af-87d3-f00413438044
Bérose ID
Cabrera-Lydia-1899-1991
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CANTIC ID
981058527035206706
CBDB.cz author ID
71858
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11223890
CiNii Research ID
1140563741806818176
DDB person (GND) ID
119038234
DUC ID
lydia-cabrera
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119038234
EcuRed article
Lydia_Cabrera
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Lydia-Cabrera
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
lydia-cabrera
Evene ID
lydia-cabrera-14587
FAST ID
58631
Freebase ID
/m/02qs93
Goodreads author ID
130771
IdRef ID
031093620
IxTheo authority ID
079827535
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119038234
Kallías ID
PE00482123
Libraries Australia ID
35024516
Libris-URI
hftx32911zlgpcg
NACSIS-CAT author ID
DA04401513
NL CR AUT ID
jn20000703037
NLA Trove people ID
798356
NUKAT ID
n2007079572
National Library of Brazil ID
000623395
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007605541705171
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9813197956905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX903788
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
07413843X
Open Library ID
OL117734A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095540352
PARES ID
155718
Persée author ID
71772
RERO ID (legacy)
A003067684
RILM ID
298571
SELIBR ID
325141
SHARE Catalogue author ID
142054
SNAC ARK ID
w6dr2vxb
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058527035206706
Wellcome Collection concept ID
cwj6hc55
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJx8yYt7QcXxkqQwWdm68C
Yale LUX ID
person/ebba950b-3539-43ea-9888-0b9618dc6123

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Occupation 4
writer, poet, anthropologist, ethnologist
Award received 1
honorary doctor of the University of Miami
Country of citizenship 1
Cuba
Described by source 1
Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography
Educated at 1
École du Louvre
Family name 1
Cabrera
Field of work 1
religion
Given name 1
Lydia
Influenced by 1
Europe
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Spanish
Place of birth 1
Havana
Place of death 1
Miami
Sex or gender 1
female
Sexual orientation 1
lesbianism
Significant event 1
emigration
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Summary

Lydia Cabrera was born on May 20, 1900[1], in Havana[2]. She died on September 19, 1991[3], in Miami[4]. She worked as a writer[5], poet[6], and ethnologist[7].

FAQs

Where was Lydia Cabrera born?

Lydia Cabrera's place of birth was Havana[2].

Where did Lydia Cabrera die?

Lydia Cabrera died in Miami[4].

Who were Lydia Cabrera's parents?

Lydia Cabrera's father was Raimundo Cabrera[9].

What did Lydia Cabrera do for work?

Lydia Cabrera worked as a writer[5], poet[6], and ethnologist[7].

Where did Lydia Cabrera go to school?

Lydia Cabrera was educated at École du Louvre[13].

What awards did Lydia Cabrera receive?

Honors received include honorary doctor of the University of Miami[14].

Related Entities

Cuba religion

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [17] ↑ . Project MUSE. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [7] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . commencement.miami.edu. commencement.miami.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . atom.library.miami.edu. Retrieved . atom.library.miami.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . aaa.si.edu. Retrieved . aaa.si.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [1] ↑ . Encyclopædia Universalis. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [8] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . habanaelegante.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [3] ↑ . Encyclopædia Universalis. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . digitalcollections.library.miami.edu. digitalcollections.library.miami.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [28] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Ancyba · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → emigration, exile
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  2. 16w ago · Ancyba · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Archives at → Cuban Heritage Collection, Archives of American Art
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Archives at: Archives of American Art"
  3. 16w ago · An Indexer · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Library of Congress authority ID → n80098243, no95010384
    Occupation → writer, poet, ethnologist
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Educated at: École du Louvre"
  4. 17w ago · Mcampany-emco · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Influenced by → —
    Field of work → —
    Sex or gender → female
    Described by source → Latinas in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia, Dictionary of Caribbean and Afro–Latin American Biography, Latin American Women Writers: an Encyclopedia
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