Roberto Valero

 ( 1955 Births ) 

Roberto Valero (1955 – September 23, 1994) was a Cubans 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.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"

Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress

Along with Reinaldo Arenas and Reinaldo Garcia Ramos, Valero created the seminal Mariel journal.http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero

Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress from the University of Miami for his book on Reinaldo Arenas.http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero

Valero's work has been compared to that of Federico García Lorca.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622120/Roberto-Valero Encyclopædia Britannica article on Roberto Valero

Valero also published under the pseudonym of "Julio Real". Handbook of Hispanic Culture-Literature by Nicolás Kanellos, Arte Publico Press (1993) page 57-58

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Writings

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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)

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Novels

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

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Criticiscm

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

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See also

• List of Cuban American writers

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Further reading English

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

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External links

• Beltway Poetry Quarterly article on Valero and Arenas
• Encyclopædia Britannica profile for Roberto Valero

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