Reinaldo arenas biography of williams

In a suicide letter written for publication, Arenas wrote:. Due to my delicate state of health and to the terrible depression that causes me not to be able to continue writing and struggling for the freedom of Cuba, I am ending my life I want to encourage the Cuban people abroad as well as on the Island to continue fighting for freedom.

Reinaldo arenas biography of williams

Cuba will be free. I already am. Despite his short life and the hardships that were imposed during his imprisonment, Arenas produced a significant body of work. In addition to significant poetic efforts "El Central", "Leprosorio" , his Pentagonia is a set of five novels that comprise a "secret history" of post-revolutionary Cuba.

In those novels, his style ranges from a stark realist narrative and high modernist experimental prose to absurd satiric humor. In interviews, his autobiography, and some of his fiction work, Arenas draws explicit connections between his own life experience and the identities and fates of his protagonists. As is evident and as critics such as Francisco Soto have pointed out, the "child narrator" in "Celestino," Fortunato in "The Palace In turn, Arenas consistently links his individual narrated life to the historical experience of a generation of Cubans.

A constant theme in his novels and other writing is the condemnation of the Castro government, but Arenas also critiques the Catholic Church and American culture and politics. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history. Tools Tools. Download as PDF Printable version. In other projects. Wikiquote Wikidata item. Cuban writer.

Life [ edit ]. Death [ edit ]. Writings [ edit ]. Notable works [ edit ]. See also [ edit ]. References [ edit ]. This section uses citations that link to broken or outdated sources. Barros, Sandra R. University of Florida Press; 1st edition February 25, Olivares, Jorge. Duke University Press. Soto, Francisco. Reinaldo Arenas. Abreu, Juan.

A la sombra del mar: jornadas cubanas con Reinaldo Arenas. Editorial Casiopea, Carrera, Liduvina. Reflexiones de Lozania: cinco ensayos de critica literaria. Ette, Ottmar. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert Verlag, Hernandez-Miyares, Julio E. Hernandez Miyares y Perla Rozencvaig: Glenview, Miami, Fla. Machover, Jacobo. From to he was a journalist and editor for the literary magazine La Gaceta de Cuba.

In , he was sent to prison after being charged and convicted of 'ideological deviation' and for publishing abroad without official consent. He escaped from prison and tried to leave Cuba by launching himself from the shore on a tire inner tube. The attempt failed and he was rearrested near Lenin Park and imprisoned at the notorious El Morro Castle alongside murderers and rapists.

He survived by helping the inmates to write letters to wives and lovers. He was able to collect enough paper this way to continue his writing. However, his attempts to smuggle his work out of prison were discovered and he was severely punished. His works have been translated into dozens of languages. They are celebrated for their carnivalesque atmosphere, allegorical depth, and unwavering condemnation of oppression.

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