Miguel Barnet

Miguel Barnet was born in Havana on 28 January 1940, into a family of Catalan descent, and spent part of his childhood in Atlanta. He studied anthropology and sociology at the University of Havana, under Fernando Ortiz, whose foundation he has directed since 1995. An ethnologist and writer, he also publishes poems and novels, including Gallego, in 1981. He received the National Prize for Literature in 1994 and the Juan Rulfo Short Story Prize in 2006.

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• NovelBiography of a Runaway SlaveBiografía de un cimarrónMiguel Barnet · 1966Literature