Antón Arrufat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Antón Arrufat

Cuban dramatist

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1935

Place of Birth: Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba

Profession: author, dramaturge

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Antón Arrufat Mrad (born 14 August 1935, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba) is a Cuban dramatist, novelist, short story writer, poet and essayist. Arrufat is of mixed Catalan and Lebanese parentage.
At the age of 11, he moved with his family from Santiago de Cuba to Havana.
He studied philology at the University of Havana.
His first book appeared in 1962, a collection of his early poems.
He won the Premio Nacional de Literatura de Cuba in 2000.