Children's poetry booklet — Una aventura terminada en fiesta, by Omar Rodríguez (Editorial Gente Nueva, 1978)

Book

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Archive of Cuban Socialism

Name/Title

Children's poetry booklet — "Una aventura terminada en fiesta", by Omar Rodríguez (Editorial Gente Nueva, 1978)

Entry/Object ID

2025.20.14

Description

A thin saddle-stitched (stapled) children's poetry chapbook with color-illustrated card covers. The front cover, in a bright naïve/painterly style — a grasshopper, an ant in sunglasses, a snail, a frog, blue flowers, and a mushroom-house around a dark oval — carries the title "UNA AVENTURA TERMINADA EN FIESTA," the author "Omar Rodríguez," the genre "POESÍA," a stylized "26" device, and "Concurso 26 de Julio. Premio 1975." The back cover continues the illustration and bears the imprint and credits.

Acquisition

Accession

2025.20

Acquisition Method

Gift

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Notes

Front: title; "Omar Rodríguez"; "POESÍA"; "26" device; "Concurso 26 de Julio. Premio 1975" Back: "Edición: Gladys Valdés León / Ilustraciones: Rosa Salgado Hurtado / Cubierta: Miriam González Giménez"; "EDITORIAL GENTE NUEVA / Instituto Cubano del Libro / Calle 8 no. 469, Vedado, La Habana"; "07-26519 NIVEL ESCOLAR"; printing colophon (Empresa Productora Gráfica "Evelio Rodríguez Curbelo," Noviembre de 1978, "Año del XI Festival"); "GENTE NUEVA" logo Handwritten: a small "0.40" inked on the frog at front (a later price notation)

Book Details

Author

Omar Rodríguez

Editor

Gladys Valdés León

Illustrator

Rosa Salgado Hurtado, Miriam González Giménez

Place Published

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Date Published

11/1978

Printer

Empresa Productora Gráfica "Evelio Rodríguez Curbelo"

Place Printed

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

the work won the Concurso 26 de Julio, Premio 1975.

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Editorial Gente Nueva

Notes

producer

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

production, use

Research Notes

Notes

It won a 1975 prize in the Concurso 26 de Julio and appeared in 1978.

Created By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Create Date

May 16, 2026

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 14, 2026