The RAE and the Asale publish an anthology with the best texts.

José Martí died on horseback, like the warriors of old. It happened on May 19, 1895, while he was fighting for Cuban independence in the Dos Ríos area: he was surprised by a group of Spaniards hidden in the undergrowth, who fired at him almost at "point blank," as Colonel Rafael Cerviño later recounted. The poet died on the spot, and it didn't take long for him to become a national symbol, still relevant today. Upon hearing the tragic news, Rubén Darío, disconsolate, wrote: "But, oh, teacher, what have you done!"

Darío, who was a man of letters, did not understand why Martí had to die for the independence of Cuba, why he had to get on that horse,” said the writer Sergio Ramírez yesterday during the presentation of the new installment of the Commemorative Editions that are published jointly by the RAE and the Asale: 'Martí in his universe' (Alfaguara), a volume that collects the best of the rich literary production of this author.

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