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| − | Poet, novelist, most notably 'Before Night Falls', a New York Times bestseller and made into a movie in 2000. Rebelled against the Castro government due to his homosexuality, lived in prison from 1974-76, and escaped to the US in 1980. Author of the novel 'Farewell to the Sea' (1985) which was written during his prison time. Died of AIDS. | + | Poet, novelist, most notably 'Before Night Falls' (his autobiography), a New York Times bestseller and made into a movie in 2000. Rebelled against the Castro government due to his homosexuality, lived in prison from 1974-76, and escaped to the US in 1980. Author of the novel 'Farewell to the Sea' (1985) which was written during his prison time. Died of AIDS. |
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Latest revision as of 18:18, 10 August 2014
Country
Cuba
Birth - Death
1943 - 1990
Occupation
Writer
Description
Poet, novelist, most notably 'Before Night Falls' (his autobiography), a New York Times bestseller and made into a movie in 2000. Rebelled against the Castro government due to his homosexuality, lived in prison from 1974-76, and escaped to the US in 1980. Author of the novel 'Farewell to the Sea' (1985) which was written during his prison time. Died of AIDS.
