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Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government.
Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban-born writer of extraordinary and unconventional novels who fled persecution and immigrated to the United States. As a teenager Arenas joined the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power in 1959. He moved to Havana in 1961 and became a researcher in the José Martí.
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Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban writer and poet who rebelled against Fidel Castro’s Cuban government and fled to the US. Read this biography to learn more about his childhood, work, achievements, life and timeline.
Dec 5, 2013 · In 1983, the Cuban author Reinaldo Arenas spoke about his writing process and influences, and the experience of exile.
Dec 7, 1990 · Reinaldo Arenas. Born. in Aguas Claras, Holguín, Oriente region, Cuba. July 16, 1943. Died. December 07, 1990. Genre. Gay and Lesbian, Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs. Influences. Marcel Proust, Gustave Flaubert, Robert Louis Stevenson. ...more. edit data.
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Dec 7, 2016 · On Dec. 7, 1990, the Cuban poet and novelist Reinaldo Arenas, suffering from advanced AIDS, ended his life after a decade spent in exile in the United States.
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Reynaldo Arenas was born on July 16, 1943 in Aguas Claras, Holguín Province, Cuba. He was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright known as an early sympathizer, and later critic of Fidel Castro and the Cuban Revolution.
