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Reinaldo Arenas
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Cuban poet/novelist/playwright (1943–1990)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1943
- Died
- 1990
- Works
- 93
Top works
- Exhibition Drawings and Paintings By Gladys Triana
- Le Palais des très blanches mouffettes
- El portero
- PORTERO, EL (Spanish Edition)
- Singing from the Well
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Acting · Cuzco, Peru
Reynaldo Arenas Horna (born August 16, 1944) is a renowned Peruvian actor in theatre, film, and television.
Known for
- The Daughter of the Moon — Remigio2026
- The Legend of the Last Inca — Túpac Amaru II2025
- Tattoos in Memory2024
- A Giant Adventure — Guardián Mono / Supay2023
- Fico García — Actor2021
- Unidos en un solo puño2021
- Wake Show — Rodolfo2020
- Psychotria — Sabio2019
- Friends in a hurry — Preacher2018
- Rencores2017
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 19
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Synchronization in complex networks
· 2008 · cited 3,294x
- Multilayer networks
· 2014 · cited 2,907x
- Molecular Architecture of the Mouse Nervous System
· 2018 · cited 2,699x
- Comparing community structure identification
· 2005 · cited 2,115x
- Rumen microbial community composition varies with diet and host, but a core microbiome is found across a wide geographical range
· 2015 · cited 1,298x
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Quotes
- “I never keep a fixed schedule. I like to write for a while, move around, read, drink something, come back. But when I’ve entered the world of the novel, that demands more concentration. It’s hard to even write a letter, because it means leaving that world. To put aside the typewriter and take out letter paper, or stop because you have to pay the phone bill, is terrible…”
- “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…”
- “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. And when a writer writes, he’s always referring to a social and historical context…”
- “In exile one is nothing but a ghost ... I ceased to exist when I went into exile.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Reinaldo Arenas Fuentes , July 16, 1943 , Aguas Claras , Holguín Province , Cuba
- Died
- December 7, 1990 (1990-12-07) (aged 47) , Hell's Kitchen , New York, United States
- Occupation
- Writer
- Period
- 1966–1990
- Genre
- poetry , novel , drama
- Notable works
- Pentagonia , Before Night Falls
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
Show 5 more facts
- date of death
- 1990-12-07
- date of birth
- 1943-07-16
- birth name
- Reinaldo Arenas Fuentes
- end of work period
- 1990-12-07
- start of work period
- 1967-00-00
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Works in European collections
6 objects attributed to Reinaldo Arenas, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~16 min read
Article
Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who is known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government. His memoir of the Cuban dissident movement and of being a political prisoner, Before Night Falls, was dictated after his escape to the United States during the 1980 Mariel boatlift and published posthumously. Arenas, who was dying of AIDS, killed himself in 1990.
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