Excilia Saldaña, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Excilia Saldaña

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1946

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 20-Jul-1999

Profession: writer

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Excilia Saldaña (7 August 1946 – 20 July 1999) was an Afro-Cuban juvenile literature writer, poet and academic.
In 1984, she won the National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba Special Prize La Rosa Blanca given for the best children's literature of the year for the first time and repeated that award four other times in her career.
In 1995, she was a finalist in the International José Martí Prize for children's Literature awarded by the Costa Rican Ministry of Culture and the San Judas Tadeo Foundation.
Three years later, her poetry garnered her the Nicolás Guilén Award.