Onelio Jorge Cardoso

Onelio Jorge Cardoso (May 14, 1914 in Calabazar de Sagua, Cuba – May 29, 1986 in Havana, Cuba) was a Cuban editor, screenwriter, short fiction writer and party functionary.

Biography and career Cardoso was born in Calabazar de Sagua, nearby Encrucijada, Cuba. He was unable to complete his high school studies due to his family's economic problems, employing himself in different trades to support his family. One of these was as a traveling salesman,

After the Cuban Revolution, he became Director of the Institute of Music Copyrights, Chief of Special Articles of Granma, and Chief Editor of Pueblo y Cultura and Pionero magazines. He was also a documentary screenwriter for the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry (ICAIC). In 1961, he joined the executive department of the literary section of the Unión Nacional de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (National Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba - UNEAC).