Roberto Valero (1955 – September 23, 1994) was a Cuban poet, novelist, and educator.
Life Roberto Valero was born in Matanzas Province. He attended the University of Havana before leaving Cuba during the Mariel Boatlift in 1980.http://www.beltwaypoetry.com/arenas-and-valero/ Beltway Poetry Quarterly Volume 15:4, Fall 2014 "Reinaldo Arenas and Roberto Valero: Friends and Exiles in Washington, DC"
He received his Ph.D. from Georgetown Universityhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622120/Roberto-Valero Encyclopædia Britannica article on Roberto Valero and taught at George Washington University.https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/93/9319/myth.html Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress
Along with Reinaldo Arenas and Reinaldo Garcia Ramos, Valero created the seminal Mariel journal.http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero
He was the 1989 recipient of the Letras de Oro Literary Prizehttps://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/93/9319/myth.html Tyranny and Myth Cuban Poet Roberto Valero Reads at LC - Library of Congress from the University of Miami for his book on Reinaldo Arenas.http://cintasfoundation.org/index.php/fellows/creative-writers/218-roberto-valero Cintas biographical sketch on Valero
Valero's work has been compared to that of Federico García Lorca.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/622120/Roberto-Valero Encyclopædia Britannica article on Roberto Valero
Valero also published under the pseudonym of "Julio Real".Handbook of Hispanic Culture-Literature by Nicolás Kanellos, Arte Publico Press (1993) page 57-58
Writings Poetry Desde un oscuro ángulo/From a Dark Angle (1982) En fin, la noche/At Last, the Night (1984) Dharma (1985) with an introduction by Eugenio Florit Venías/You Were Coming (1990) No estaré en tu camino/I Will Not Be On Your Path (1991)
Novels Este Viento De Cuaresma/This Lenten Wind (1994) with an introduction by Reinaldo Arenas
Criticiscm El Desamparado Humor De Reinaldo Arenas/The Homeless Humor of Reinaldo Arenas (1991)
See also
List of Cuban American writers
References
Further reading English Tyranny and Myth (Library of Congress archived reading by Valero) / 1993
External links Beltway Poetry Quarterly article on Valero and Arenas Encyclopædia Britannica profile for Roberto Valero