Poetic Obituaries: [Carlos Franqui's] "Diary of the Cuban Revolution,"

published in 1976, remains one of the most-quoted works on the history of that struggle.

Franqui also was a poet and art critic who mingled with artists and intellectuals including Picasso, Miro and Jean-Paul Sartre, said Angel Padilla, editor of an anti-Castro government publication in Puerto Rico.

Franqui also was well-known for organizing an influential 1967 art exhibit in Havana, the "Salon de mayo," which featured the works of artists including Picasso, Max Ernst and Wilfredo Lam.

from Canadian Press: Cuban writer Carlos Franqui, former rebel turned critic, dies at 89

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