Reinaldo Arenas
From QueerBio.com
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.
