Carlos Manuel Álvarez

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Carlos Manuel Álvarez (born 1989)[1] is a Cuban writer.

Early life and education

Alvarez was born in Matanzas[2] and studied journalism at the University of Havana.

Writing career

In 2016, he cofounded the online magazine El Estornudo. He has published journalistic and opinion pieces in outlets such as the New York Times, BBC and Al Jazeera, and his stories have appeared in Gatopardo and El Malpensante. He won the 2013 Calendario Prize for his short story collection La tarde de los sucesos definitivos. In 2017, he published La tribu. Retratos de Cuba, a collection of journalistic pieces on Cuba.[3][4]

In 2016 he was named as one of the 20 best Latin American writers at the Guadalajara Book Fair and the following year, he was included in the Bogota39 list of the most promising young Latin American writers.

In 2020 he was arrested by the police in Havana, for reasons believed to be related to his journalistic activities and his participation in the San Isidro Movement.[5][6]

Books

  • The Fallen: A Novel, 2019. Translated by Frank Wynne, published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.[7][8][9]
  • The Tribe: Portraits of Cuba, 2021, a collection of essays about post-Castro Cuba, translated by Frank Wynne, to be published by Fitzcarraldo Editions

References

  1. ^ "Carlos Manuel Álvarez". Granta. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  2. ^ Cubano, Periódico (23 February 2021). "Carlos Manuel Álvarez anuncia Falsa Guerra, su nueva novela sobre la realidad cubana". PERIÓDICO CUBANO (in Spanish).
  3. ^ "Bio 1". Archived from the original on 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2019-01-03.
  4. ^ Bio 2
  5. ^ AGENCIAS, RTVE es / (27 November 2020). "La policía de Cuba detiene a disidentes en huelga de hambre". RTVE.es (in Spanish).
  6. ^ "Cuban journalist Carlos Manuel Álvarez harassed, assaulted by security agents". Committee to Protect Journalists. 23 December 2020.
  7. ^ Fusco, Coco. "Love Among the Ruins". nybooks.com.
  8. ^ Henson, George (1 October 2019). "The Fallen by Carlos Manuel Álvarez". World Literature Today.
  9. ^ Kerridge, Jake (10 September 2019). "The Fallen by Carlos Manuel Alvarez, review: secrets and lies in a Cuban family". The Telegraph.
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