Outstanding playwright, poet, narrator and essayist. Author holding a huge work justifying his National Literature Prize on 2000. Around the same year, he was also bestowed with Alejo Carpentier Prize for his novel La noche del aguafiestas (The spoilsport's night) .

He was also winner of different contests from Casa de las Americas, obtaining mention in theater on 1961 for El vivo al pollo and mention in poetry on 1963 for Repaso final (Final Review). In 1968, he won the Theater Prize from UNEAC for his work Los siete contra Tebas (The Seven Against Tebas).

He got his early education at his natal city, moving to Havana on 1947 with his family. He also lived in United States and Europe. On 1962, his first book saw the light, En claro, approaching his main poems from adolescence. He worked at Lunes de Revolución Magazine, founding and heading along five years Casa de las Américas' Magazine.

His theater pieces has been translated into Poland, English and French, having presentations in United States, Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Varsovia. He has published in Europe, L'Arc, Les Lettres, Quimera, Siempre, Ever Green Magazines and in almost every Cuban magazine.

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