Pulitzer winner uncovers 'tragedy of titanic proportions' in debut novel

Published on: 01/04/2026

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By Rich Tenorio | Edited by Patricia Guadalupe

Award-winning Cuban-American journalist Mirta Ojito still remembers encountering a chapter of forgotten history in a Key West, Florida, bookstore almost 20 years ago. It was there that she found a coffee-table book detailing the real-life account of the Valbanera, a Spanish-owned passenger ship that sank during a hurricane off Key West in 1919, claiming all 488 lives on board.

News Source : https://www.oregonlive.com/palabra/2026/01/the-forgotten-titanic-of-1919-inspires-new-novel.html

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