Amir Valle
- Cuba, Germany
- Zu Gast beim ilb: 2007, 2013
Amir Valle
born in 1967 in Guantánamo. He studied journalism in Santiago and Havanna. His literary work covers very different genres. In his novel »Die Wörter und die Toten« (2007; tr. The Words and the Dead) he deals with contemporary society, and he also wrote a cycle of detective novels as well as writing reports about the difficult circumstances and corruption in his home country. When he was refused the right to re-enter Cuba, he received the Writers-in-Exile scholarship from the P.E.N. Centre as well as other accolades. Valle lives in Berlin.
Die Haut und die Nackten
Edition Köln
Köln, 2005
[Ü: Susanna Mende]
Die Wörter und die Toten
Nachruf auf eine Revolution
Edition Köln
Köln, 2007
[Ü: Ursula Bachhausen]
Fremde Heimat
Texte aus dem Exil
[Hg: Christa Schuenke u. Brigitte Struzyk]
Matthes & Seitz
Berlin, 2013
http://amirvalle.com