Fernando Ortiz Fernández, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fernando Ortiz Fernández

Cuban writer

Date of Birth: 16-Jul-1881

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 10-Apr-1969

Profession: writer, diplomat, anthropologist, musicologist, ethnomusicologist

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Fernando Ortiz Fernández (Havana, 16 July 1881 – Havana, 10 April 1969) was a Cuban essayist, anthropologist, ethnomusicologist and scholar of Afro-Cuban culture.
Ortiz was a prolific polymath dedicated to exploring, recording, and understanding all aspects of indigenous Cuban culture.
Ortiz coined the term "transculturation," the notion of converging cultures.