Jorge Olivera Castillo
Jorge Olivera Castillo | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Occupation | Activist, poet, writer |
| Language | Spanish |
| Genre | poetry |
| Years active | 1994-present |
Jorge Olivera Castillo (b. Havana, Cuba, 1961) is a Cuban poet and dissident.
He worked as a journalist for the Cuban state-run television station ICRT for 10 years.[1] He was briefly detained in 1992 for trying to leave the country on a raft;[1] in 1993, he left his position at ICRT and began writing reports for Radio Martí, a U.S.-funded, Miami-based station critical of the Cuban government.[2][3] With two other journalists, he founded an independent news agency, Havana Press, in 1995, and later became the director.[1]
Olivera Castillo was arrested in 2003 as part of the Black Spring crackdown and sentenced to eighteen years in prison for writing articles "against national independence and Cuba's economy".[4] In prison, he spent nine months in solitary confinement, and suffered from a range of health problems.[3][1] He began writing poetry and fiction while in prison as a coping mechanism.[3] His wife, Nancy Alfaya, became a member of the Ladies in White, agitating for his release.[5][3] After international pressure,[6] he was released for health reasons after serving only 18 months of his sentence, but remained under close supervision.[3][4] He is currently a visiting scholar at Harvard University.[7]
Works
[edit | edit source]Poetry
[edit | edit source]- Confesiones antes del crepúsculo. Miami: Ed. Proyecto de Bibliotecas Independientes, 2005.
- En cuerpo y alma. Ed. Olgy and Olega Krylovových. Prague: PEN Czech Republic, 2008. (Spanish and Czech)
- —, 2010. (Spanish and French)
- Sobrevivir en la boca del lobo. Madrid: Editorial Hispano Cubana, 2012. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Cenizas alumbradas. Warsaw: Lech Walesa Foundation, 2010. (Spanish and Polish)
- Tatuajes en la memoria. Prague, 2013.
- Quemar las naves. [Miami]: Neo Club Ediciones, 2015. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
Short stories
[edit | edit source]- Huésped del infierno. Valencia: Editorial Aduana Vieja, 2007. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Antes que amanezca : y otros relatos. Buenos Aires: Fundación Cadal, 2010. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Jorge Olivera Castillo at PayoLibre.com (in Spanish)
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