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Reinaldo Arenas

1943 - 1990

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Reinaldo Arenas (July 16, 1943 – December 7, 1990) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and playwright who is known as a vocal critic of Fidel Castro, the Cuban Revolution, and the Cuban government. His memoir of the Cuban dissident movement and of being a political prisoner, Before Night Falls, was dictated after his escape to the United States during the 1980 Mariel boatlift and published posthumously. Arenas, who was dying of AIDS, killed himself in 1990. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Reinaldo Arenas is the 1,301st most popular writer (down from 1,201st in 2019), the 92nd most popular biography from Brazil (down from 80th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Brazilian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Reinaldo Arenas ranks 1,301 out of 7,302Before him are Jean Giono, Hubert Selby Jr., Yeghishe Charents, Odoric of Pordenone, Peter Altenberg, and Carson McCullers. After him are Andrei Platonov, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Maurice Barrès, Georges Feydeau, Wilhelm Müller, and Constantijn Huygens.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Reinaldo Arenas ranks 109Before him are Thomas J. Sargent, René Préval, Lorenzo Sanz, Richard S. Hamilton, George Benson, and Bernard Tapie. After him are Robert Lefkowitz, Vint Cerf, Richard J. Roberts, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Conchata Ferrell, and Akinori Nakayama. Among people deceased in 1990, Reinaldo Arenas ranks 53Before him are Viktor Tsoi, Ivan Serov, Aaron Copland, John Stewart Bell, Robert Noyce, and Alexander Pechersky. After him are Delphine Seyrig, Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Jill Ireland, Arthur Samuel, and Vasili Kuznetsov.

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In Brazil

Among people born in Brazil, Reinaldo Arenas ranks 92 out of 2,236Before him are Adriano (1982), José Sarney (1930), Cláudio Hummes (1934), Vinicius de Moraes (1913), Florinda Bolkan (1941), and Hilderaldo Bellini (1930). After him are Mauro Ramos (1930), Chico Buarque (1944), Elis Regina (1945), Telê Santana (1931), Thiago Silva (1984), and Toninho Cerezo (1955).

Among WRITERS In Brazil

Among writers born in Brazil, Reinaldo Arenas ranks 4Before him are Paulo Coelho (1947), Jorge Amado (1912), and Vinicius de Moraes (1913). After him are Machado de Assis (1839), Osvaldo Moles (1913), Chico Xavier (1910), Mário de Andrade (1893), Augusto Boal (1931), José Mauro de Vasconcelos (1920), Carlos Marighella (1911), and Bernardo Guimarães (1825).