José Antonio Baujin Pérez. has PhD in Philological Sciences (2003) and is titular professor at the Faculty of Arts and Letters of the University of Havana and served as dean (2006-2012). He’s currently the director of the UH University Press (Editorial UH) and editor of the literary magazine La Siempreviva.
He is a member of the National Letters Career Commission and vice president of the National Committee of PhD in Literary Sciences. He has received several university and national scientific awards. Professor Baujin’s research is about Cuban literature, especially focusing on colonial period and the major writer Alejo Carpentier.