Narrator, poet, painter, ethnologist, editor and journalist. Founded and leaded the Magazines Island and Signs for more than ten years. It is considered one of the most emblematic and restless Cuban culture figures of the last century. Among his vast work, we highlight the books: The poet sheet (1942-1956), Violas (poetry, 1958), Open journal. Cuban folklore themes (1960), Tumbaga (novel and stories, 1964), About the Cuban poetry movements of 1856 (essay, 1961), Random readings (essay, 1961), Second craftsman piggy (novel, 1962), Natural Fables (stories, 1964), Pancho Ruta and Gil Jocuma (novel, 1977), Juan Quinquín in Mocho Town (novel, 2001), The knowing and the singing of Juan Sin Nada (novel, 1984) and The Cuban son: General Poetry (1986). He obtained the UNEAC prize in 1975.