Reinaldo Arenas
Cuban novelist whose memoir Before Night Falls describes his imprisonment by the Castro regime and his eventual exile to New York. His flamboyant, politically courageous fiction stands as a testament to artistic and sexual freedom.
Works
- Before Night FallsMemoir of Cuban writer's life, exile, persecution and eventual death
- Singing from the WellSemi-autobiographical novel set in rural Cuba during childhood
- The Palace of the White SkunksPicaresque narrative exploring Cuban cultural identity and magical realism
- Farewell to the SeaNovel depicting love and loss amid political turmoil in Cuba
- The Assault