Roberto Valero (1955 – September 23, 1994) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and educator.

Roberto Valero
Born1955
Matanzas, Matanzas Province, Cuba
DiedSeptember 23, 1994
Washington, DC, U.S.
Occupation
  • Poet
  • novelist
  • professor
Period1980–1994
Genrepoetry, novel
SpouseMaria Badias Valero

Life

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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

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Poetry

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  • 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

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  • Este Viento De Cuaresma/This Lenten Wind (1994) with an introduction by Reinaldo Arenas

Criticiscm

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  • El Desamparado Humor De Reinaldo Arenas/The Homeless Humor of Reinaldo Arenas (1991)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/arenas-and-valero/ Beltway Poetry Quarterly Volume 15:4, Fall 2014 "Reinaldo Arenas and Roberto Valero: Friends and Exiles in Washington, DC"
  2. ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622120/Roberto-Valero Encyclopædia Britannica article on Roberto Valero
  3. ^ https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/93/9319/myth.html Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress
  4. ^ http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero
  5. ^ https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/93/9319/myth.html Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress
  6. ^ http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero
  7. ^ http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622120/Roberto-Valero Encyclopædia Britannica article on Roberto Valero
  8. ^ Handbook of Hispanic Culture-Literature by Nicolás Kanellos, Arte Publico Press (1993) page 57-58

Further reading

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English

  • Tyranny and Myth (Library of Congress archived reading by Valero) / 1993
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