BIO

Rafael Vilches Proenza
(Vado del Yeso, Río Cauto, Granma, Cuba, 1965)

Rafael Vilches Proenza has a degree in artistic education in visual arts, and attended the Centro de Formación Literaria Onelio Jorge Cardoso. He won the Manuel Navarro Luna poetry prize in 2004 and 2010, for El único hombre (Ed. Orto, 2005) and País de fondo (Ed. Orto, 2011). His books include Ángeles desamparados (Novela. Ed. Bayamo, 2001 / El Barco Ebrio, España, 2012), Dura silueta, La Luna (Ed. Bayamo, 2003), Trazado en el polvo (Ed. Holguín, 2006), Tiro de gracia (Ed. Holguín, 2010), Lunaciones (Letrabierta, La Habana, 2012), Café amargo (Miami, EE.UU, 2014), La luna entre nosotros (Premio de Poesía Dulce María Loynaz, 2018), Inquisición roja (Ilíada Ediciones, 2019) and Sálvame si puedes (Premio Reinaldo Arenas, 2020).

His work has also been published in Spain, Italy, New Zealand, Germany, Puerto Rico, México, Honduras, Brazil, Chile, Canada, Argentina and the USA.