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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Ascunce and the second or maternal family name is Domenech.

Manuel Ascunce Domenech (January 25, 1945 – November 26, 1961) was a Cuban teacher who participated in the Cuban Literacy Campaign of 1961.

Biography

Born in Sagua la Grande to Manuel Ascunce Hernandez and Evelia Domenech Sacerio, Ascunce grew up with his family in Havana, where he attended primary and secondary school in the Luyanó neighborhood. In the early 1960s, he joined the Asociación de Jóvenes Rebeldes, formed after the Cuban Revolution, later joining as a brigade member for the National Literacy Campaign of Cuba, specifically to the "Conrado Benítez" brigade.[1]

In his brief career as a literacy educator, he moved to the mountains to teach night classes, while during the day he helped locals in the fields.[2] He was captured and subsequently murdered in 1961 by a group of Cuban counterrevolutionaries under order of Julio Emilio Carretero Escajadillo while staying at the home of his student Pedro Lantigua Ortega, who also was killed. He was 16 years old.[3] In December of that year, he was commemorated by Fidel Castro, along with others who died during the literary campaign. He is buried at the Colon Cemetery in Havana.

Legacy

A monument dedicated to him was erected in Sancti Spiritus.[4]

In 1962, the Manuel Ascunce Hospital was named in his honor, [5] and in 1972, Manuel Ascunce Domenech Pedagogal University was named in his honor as well.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Manuel Ascunce Domenech, maestro mártir de la Campaña de Alfabetización". aldia.icrt.cu (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-08-14. Retrieved 24 Aug 2023.
  2. ^ ACN, Martha Gómez Ferrals / (2020-01-25). "Manuel Ascunce, breve y fructífera vida". Adelante.cu (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  3. ^ Ramirez, Tania (2023-01-25). "Manuel Ascunce, el ejemplo que inspira a los maestros cubanos". Tiempo21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ^ "Manuel Ascunce: paradigma del magisterio cubano". Granma.cu (in Spanish). 2016-11-25. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
  5. ^ Canto, Alina Monteagudo; Sanchez, Ramon Ezequiel Romero; Mirabal, Marjories Napoles; Cueto, Carlos E. Salazar (2014). "Historia del Hospital Universitario "Manuel Ascunce Domenech"". Humanidades Medicas (in Spanish). 14 (2): 304–318.
  6. ^ Parra, Elena Diego (2019-12-03). "New Contingent of the Manuel Ascunce Domenech Pedagogical Detachment". Periodico26. Retrieved 2023-08-24.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Ascunce_Domenech