From island to island: Spanish exiles in Dominican Republic, Porto Rico and Cuba

The Spanish refugees sailed the Caribbean Sea pursuing their fate. The Spanish Republican Exiles became frequent lecturers, gave curses and used to take part in seminars and exhibitions all over the three Hispanic Antilles. The Republican Proffesionals went first to Dominican Republic, proceeding then to Porto Rico and Cuba, sometimes acting as visiting professors, some other times just making a break in their run away looking for a better life. Their lives tell us about a chapter of the pilgrimage of this group of intellectual people. The letters they wrote tell us about their journeys, their lives and the lectures they gave, inform us about their emotions and confidences and take us back to the seas that these people felt as their seas. Por ese mar salpicado de islas, que es el Caribe, navegaron los refugiados españoles en busca de su destino. Dictando conferencias, impartiendo cursos o participando en exposiciones y congresos, los profesionales republicanos fueron asiduos de las tres Antillas hispanas, Santo Domingo, y desde allí a Puerto Rico y a Cuba, unas veces en tránsito, como invitados temporales, y otras huyendo a un exilio mejor; sus vidas recogen un capítulo del peregrinar de este grupo de intelectuales. Las cartas nos hablan de sus viajes, de sus vidas y de sus clases, nos relatan sus emociones y confidencias, y nos trasladan a esos mares que convirtieron en propios