Reinaldo Arenas

Born 1943 · Died 1990

From Aguas Claras, Holguín Province, Cuba · Nationality: Cuba · Writes fiction

Quotes

“I’ve always been very interested in the short story. Compared to the often exhausting world of the novel, the short story offers a quicker reward, and there’s something appealing about its greater spontaneity…”
On his preference for short stories over novels in “The Literature of Uprootedne
“The writer has a fundamental responsibility to write well or to write the best he can, because if he doesn’t he’s not a writer.”
On a writer’s responsibility in “The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview wi
“In exile one is nothing but a ghost ... I ceased to exist when I went into exile.”
From Arenas’ work Before Night Falls as quoted in “On Exile and the Longing for

Books by Reinaldo Arenas in the order they were published, from Hallucinations (1971) to El Mundo Alucinante (2002).