Reinaldo Arenas

Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright. 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… On his writing process in “The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview with Reinaldo Arenas” in The New Yorker (2013 Dec 5) 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… On his preference for short stories over novels in “The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview with Reinaldo Arenas” in The New Yorker (2013 Dec 5) 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… On a writer’s responsibility in “The Literature of Uprootedness: An Interview with Reinaldo Arenas” in The New Yorker (2013 Dec 5) In exile one is nothing but a ghost ... I ceased to exist when I went into exile. From Arenas’ work Before Night Falls (as quoted in “On Exile and the Longing for Home: Cuban Writer Reinaldo Arenas”; 2014 Feb 18) External links Category:Poets from Cuba Category:Playwrights from Cuba Category:Novelists from Cuba Category:1943 births Category:1990 deaths Category:20th-century poets from the United States Category:Gay novelists Category:Gay poets