Sevilla, España
Este artículo analiza la producción del escritor cubano Rodolfo Pérez Valero (Guanabacoa, 1947) tras su llegada a Miami en 1995. Se le presta especial atención a la literatura policiaca, subrayando su vocación social y experimental. Galardonado en varias ocasiones con el primer premio del concurso de relatos de la Semana Negra de Gijón, este autor figura como uno de los narradores clave dentro de los orígenes del ‘boom’ que este género vivió en Cuba en la década de 1970 y su posterior desarrollo en las de 1980 y 1990.
This paper analyzes the production of the Cuban writer Rodolfo Pérez Valero (Guanabacoa, 1947) after his arrival in Miami in 1995. It pays special attention to his crime fiction production, highlighting the social and experimental features of his works. In recent years, Pérez Valero has obtained on several occasions the first prize in the short story award of the Semana Negra of Gijón. Furthermore, this author was one of the key writers in the beginning of the boom that this genre experienced in Cuba during the 1970s and its subsequent development in the 80s and 90s.