Nationality Cuban Name Roberto Valero Period 1980-1994 Role Poet | Genre poetry, novel Died September 23, 1994 Spouse Maria Badias Valero Books Dharma | |
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Roberto Valero (1955 – September 23, 1994) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and educator.
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Life
Roberto Valero was born in Matanzas Province. He attended the University of Havana before leaving Cuba during the Mariel Boatlift in 1980.
He received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University and taught at George Washington University.
Along with Reinaldo Arenas and Reinaldo Garcia Ramos, Valero created the seminal Mariel journal.
He was the 1989 recipient of the Letras de Oro Literary Prize from the University of Miami for his book on Reinaldo Arenas.
Valero's work has been compared to that of Federico Garcia Lorca.
Valero also published under the pseudonym of "Julio Real".
Poetry
Novels
Criticiscm
References
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