Heberto Padilla

Heberto Padilla was born on 20 January 1932 in Puerta de Golpe, in the province of Pinar del Río, and published his first collection in 1949. Arrested on 20 March 1971 because of this book, he was released thirty-seven days later after a self-criticism before his fellow writers; the protests of Vargas Llosa, Cortázar, Sontag and Sartre made his case the Padilla affair. Allowed to leave Cuba in 1980, he taught in the United States and died in Auburn, Alabama, on 25 September 2000.

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• PoetryFuera del juegoHeberto Padilla · 1968not translated into EnglishLiterature