Quick Facts

• NAME: Reinaldo Arenas
• OCCUPATION: Poet
• BIRTH DATE: July 16, 1943
• DEATH DATE: December 07, 1990
• EDUCATION: Universidad de la Habana
• PLACE OF BIRTH: Oriente, Cuba
• PLACE OF DEATH: New York, New York

Best Known For

Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist and essayist who fled persecution under Fidel Castro and immigrated to the United States.