Antón Arrufat
Antón Arrufat Mrad was a Cuban dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist.
Life and career
Arrufat was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba on 14 August 1935. He was of mixed Catalan and Lebanese parentage. At the age of 11, he moved with his family from Santiago de Cuba to Havana. He studied philology at the University of Havana. His first book appeared in 1962, a collection of his early poems. He won the Premio Nacional de Literatura de Cuba in 2000.
are held at Princeton University Library. They consist "of manuscripts of poems, short stories, novels, and criticism by Antón Arrufat, Virgilio Piñera, and Witold Gombrowicz; and correspondence of Antón Arrufat."
Death
Arrufat died of bronchopneumonia on 21 May 2023, at the age of 87.
Works
El caso se investiga, pieza estrenada en 1957En claro, poesía, 1962Mi antagonista y otras observaciones, cuentos, 1963Repaso final, poesía, 1963Teatro, colección de piezas, 1963Todos los domingos, teatro, 1964Escrito en las puertas, poesía, 1968Los siete contra Tebas teatro, 1968La caja está cerrada, novela, 1984La huella en la arena, poesía, 1986La tierra permanente, teatro, 1987¿Qué harás después de mí?, cuentos, 1988Las pequeñas cosas, prosas, 1988Cámara de amor, teatro, 1994Lirios sobre un fondo de espadas, poesía, 1995La divina Fanny, teatro, 1995Virgilio Piñera: entre él y yo, ensayo, 1995Ejercicios para hacer de la esterilidad virtud, cuentos, 1998El viejo carpintero, poesía, 1999La noche del Aguafiestas, novela, 2000Las tres partes del criollo, teatro, 2003El hombre discursivo, ensayos, ed Letras Cubanas, 2005El convidado del juicio, ensayos, ed. Ediciones Unión, 2015