Roberto Valero
Cuban poet, novelist, and educator
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Roberto Valero (1955 – September 23, 1994) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and educator.
Life
Roberto Valero was born in Matanzas Province. He attended the University of Havana before leaving Cuba during the Mariel Boatlift in 1980.[1]
He received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University[2] and taught at George Washington University.[3]
Along with Reinaldo Arenas and Reinaldo Garcia Ramos, Valero created the seminal Mariel journal.[4]
He was the 1989 recipient of the Letras de Oro Literary Prize[5] from the University of Miami for his book on Reinaldo Arenas.[6]
Valero's work has been compared to that of Federico García Lorca.[7]
Valero also published under the pseudonym of "Julio Real".[8]
Writings
Poetry
- Desde un oscuro ángulo/From a Dark Angle (1982)
- En fin, la noche/At Last, the Night (1984)
- Dharma (1985) with an introduction by Eugenio Florit
- Venías/You Were Coming (1990)
- No estaré en tu camino/I Will Not Be On Your Path (1991)
Novels
- Este Viento De Cuaresma/This Lenten Wind (1994) with an introduction by Reinaldo Arenas
Criticiscm
- El Desamparado Humor De Reinaldo Arenas/The Homeless Humor of Reinaldo Arenas (1991)
