Quote of the day
A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person.
Reinaldo Arenas

Born: July 16, 1943
Died: December 7, 1990 (aged 47)
Bio: Reinaldo Arenas was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who despite his early sympathy for Fidel Castro and the 1959 revolution, grew critical of and then rebelled against the Cuban government.
Known for:
- Before Night Falls
- Singing from the well (1967)
- Farewell to the Sea (1987)
- Old Rosa (1989)
- The Doorman (1987)