Poet, narrator, essayist, translator and editor. National Prize of Literature 1993. He is recognized as one of the most important lyric voices of the last century in Cuba. In his wide-ranging poetic work, stand out the books: Because of nefas (1966), In use of reason and with figure of people (1968), City city (1979), Make a house for everyone (1986), Weddings (1986), Mundo Mondo (poems for children, 1989), To acting nothingness (2000), Figurants (2008) and Night and glow (2002). He also published the novel The dark part (1997) and the books of essays: The sword in the sun (1986), Critic invention (1999) and Person, place and time (2011). He won the UNEAC (1978), the Rosa Blanca (1989), and the Crítica Literaria (1986 and 1998) awards. He was an active contributor to important Cuban periodicals. His poetry has been translated into Polish, French, Russian and Bulgarian, among others. His novel The dark part was translated into German.