Enrique Cirules

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Enrique Cirules (b. 1938 in Nuevitas, Camaguey) is a prize-winning Cuban 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.

[edit] References

Alfredo Schulte-Bockholt :The Politics of Organized Crime and the Organized Crime of Politics.

Pag. 222 ISBN 0739113585

[edit] External links

Interview with Enrique Cirules in Havana[1]