Always from his natal city, Las Tunas, Vidal developed a strong narrative labor, peaking the top with his La Saga del perseguido, winner of Alejo Carpentier Prize in 2002.

He also enriched the genre with Las manzanas del Paraíso (1998) and Los Cuervos (2001), both winners of outstanding accolades at the international contests Casa de Teatro in Dominican Republic and Dulce María Loynaz in Cuba. He also wrote El amo de las tumbas, Los iniciados, Confabulación de la araña, Matarille and El quinto sol.

The first samples of his narrative talent allow him to obtain the UNEAC`s 1984 David Prize with his collection of short stories Se permuta esta casa and the Havana University`s 13 de Marzo Prize for his stories book Los Iniciados, 1985.

Critics appraised the Vidal`s incisive and rigorous prose, focusing on the innermost space of human beings, dark and conflicting many times. Some of his stories are present in the anthology Aire de Luz published in 1999 by Letras Cubanas Publishing House.

The Guillermo Vidal`s fruitful work earned him the Distinción por la Cultura Nacional and it has been published by major publishing houses such as Letras Cubanas and Oriente in Cuba and Globo in Spain. The Puerto Rican Plaza Mayor Publishing House auspices a prize under his name, honoring this notable personality.