Norberto Fuentes
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A former member of the Cuban Revolution as well as a respected Hemingway scholar and journalist, Norberto Fuentes is the author of ten books, including "Hemingway in Cuba". He won the 1968 Casa de las Américas Prize for his collection of short stories Condenados del Condado (The Condemned of Condado). The publication of The Autobiography of Fidel Castro caused an international sensation. In Spain, El País declared it “A contemporary classic of Latin American literature,” and called Fuentes “The best Cuban writer in recent times.” In Germany, Die Zeit reported, “Fuentes has written what will probably be the best book about the Cuban dictator for a long time.”

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Fidel Castro, Above and Beyond the Call of Duty (Part III of III)

Posted January 14, 2010 | 14:13:35 (EST)

Editor's note: After a daring escape attempt in 1989, celebrated Cuban journalist Norberto Fuentes was imprisoned by his former friend Fidel Castro. Twenty years later, Fuentes has gotten his revenge: by telling the history of the revolution in Castro's own voice. Fuentes' new book, "The Autobiography of Fidel Castro", has...

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Fidel Castro, Behind the Ramparts (Part II of III)

Posted December 30, 2009 | 14:28:29 (EST)

Editor's note: After a daring escape attempt in 1989, celebrated Cuban journalist Norberto Fuentes was imprisoned by his former friend Fidel Castro. Twenty years later, Fuentes has gotten his revenge: by telling the history of the revolution in Castro's own voice. Fuentes' new book, "The Autobiography of Fidel Castro", has...

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Saturday Night with Fidel Castro (Part I of III)

Posted December 22, 2009 | 13:20:43 (EST)

Editor's note: After a daring escape attempt in 1989, celebrated Cuban journalist Norberto Fuentes was imprisoned by his former friend Fidel Castro. Twenty years later, Fuentes has gotten his revenge: by telling the history of the revolution in Castro's own voice. Fuentes' new book, "The Autobiography of Fidel Castro", has...

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