Call Number:

C0999

Repository:

Princeton University Library: Manuscripts Division

Extent:

• 1 box
• 0.2 linear feet

Language:

Spanish; Castilian

Preferred Citation:

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Juan Abreu Papers, Box and Folder Number; Special Collections, Princeton University Library.

Date:

1974-1975 (inclusive)

Creator:

Abreu, Juan

Form:

Correspondence -- 20th century and Manuscripts -- 20th century.

Abstract:

Consists of manuscripts of A la Sombra del Mar and Libro de los Exhortaciones al Amor, notes, and one letter from Abreu to Reinaldo Arenas.

Born in Cuba in 1952, Juan Abreu specialized in painting and sculpture at Havana's San Alejandro School of Fine Arts before leaving Cuba in the Mariel boatlift of 1980. His earliest published works were A Mi Guia, a Mi Guia (1967), a collection of children's stories, and El Gigante Tragaceibas (1968), a children's novel. Later works include A la Sombra del Mar: Jornadas Cubanas con Reinaldo Arenas (1998), Garbageland (2001), and Cinco Cervezas (2004).

This collection consists of manuscripts of Abreu's A la Sombra del Mar and Libro de los Exhortaciones al Amor, notes, and one letter from Abreu to Reinaldo Arenas.