Born in Camagüey, Cuba; obtained a doctorate in Spanish language and literature from the University of Havana, with special focus on the work of José Martí; and another doctorate in Spanish language from Florida International University.
Author of many books of poetry, including “Junto al Álamo de los Sinsontes,” which received the Premio Casa de las Américas in 1988, and “Sobre la Brevedad de la Ceniza,” which won the Eugenio Florit poetry prize in 2005.
Since arriving in Miami in 1991, he has worked as an editor and translator for El Nuevo Herald and La Voz Católica and professor of Spanish and English at Belen Jesuit Prep and Miami Dade College.
Editor of La Voz Católica since it resumed publication in 2013.
Blog Archive
Total records: 2
| Publish Date | Section | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 12/30/2019 | Let's Talk Blog | Three Kings Day in Cuba |
| 11/4/2019 | Let's Talk Blog | Alfonso X 'the Wise': translator of the Gospels |
