- Enrique Cirules
Enrique Cirules (b. 1938 in
Nuevitas ,Camaguey ) is a prize-winningCuba n writer and essayist.Among his best known titles are "Conversation with the last American" (1973), a non-fiction novel about the establishing, rise and fall of an American city in Cuba, "The Other War" (short stories, 1980), "The Saga of La Gloria City" (novel, 1983) and "Bluefields" (novel, 1986).
His most famous work is "Mafia in Havana" ("El Imperio de La Habana") which landed his author the coveted
Casa de Las Américas Prize for literature in 1993 and the Literary Critic's Award in 1994.His "Ernest Hemingway in the Romano Archipelago" won a mention at the "Casa de Las Américas" in 1999.
His most recent works are "The Secret life of Meyer Lansky in Havana" (2004 and 2006) and "Santa Clara Santa" (2006).
His works have been translated into Russian, French, German, Portuguese and English.
Enrique Cirules resides in Cuba.
References
Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt :The Politics of Organized Crime and the Organized Crime of Politics.
Pag. 222 ISBN 0739113585
External links
Interview with Enrique Cirules in Havana [http://www.cadenagramonte.cubaweb.cu/english/cultural_ambit/cirules_interview.asp]
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