Reinaldo Arenas

Reinaldo Arenas was born on 16 July 1943 in Aguas Claras, in the province of Holguín, and grew up in the countryside. As a teenager he joined the rebels of the Sierra de Gibara, then settled in Havana, where he worked at the National Library. Imprisoned in 1974 for ideological deviation and for publishing abroad, he was held at the Morro and released in 1976. He left the island in 1980 in the Mariel exodus and died in New York on 7 December 1990.

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• NovelSinging from the WellCelestino antes del albaReinaldo Arenas · 1967Literature