Cirilo Villaverde

Cirilo Villaverde de la Paz (28 October 1812 – 24 October 1894) was a Cuban poet, novelist, journalist and freedom fighter. He is best known for Cecilia Valdés, a novel about classes and races in colonial Cuba. When the poet Miguel Teurbe Tolón's wife, sewed the first flag of Cuba, Villaverde helped settle upon the final design: two white stripes, three blue, a red triangle, and a lone star.