Senel Paz (born 1950) is a
Cuba
Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...
n author and screenwriter.
He was born in
Fomento
Fomento is a town and municipality in the Sancti Spíritus Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1864.
Geography
The municipality is divided into the barrios of Fomento (municipal seat) and the village of Jíquimas. Until 1976 the villages of Juan ...
,
Sancti Spíritus
Sancti Spíritus () is a municipality and capital city of the province of Sancti Spíritus in central Cuba and one of the oldest Cuban European settlements. Sancti Spíritus is the genitive case of Latin ''Sanctus Spiritus'' ("Holy Spirit").
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. He is best known for his short story ''The Wolf, the Forest and the New Man'', for which he was awarded the
Juan Rulfo Prize
The FIL Literary Award in Romance Languages (''Premio FIL de Literatura en Lenguas Romances'', previously the Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature) is awarded to writers of any genre of literature (poetry, novels, plays, s ...
and which he subsequently adapted into the screenplay for
Tomas Gutierrez Alea's celebrated movie ''
Strawberry and Chocolate
''Strawberry and Chocolate'' () is a 1993 comedy-drama film, directed by Cuban filmmakers Tomás Gutiérrez Alea and Juan Carlos Tabío, based on the short story "The Wolf, the Forest and the New Man" (in Spanish, ). Senel Paz wrote the short s ...
'' (1994).
References
1950 births
Living people
Cuban writers
Date of birth missing (living people)
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