Froilán Escobar Gónzález

Cuban writer. Graduate in Journalism and Master in Political Communication. Since 1992 he has resided in Costa Rica, dedicated to university teaching. Influenced by his relationship with the cultural publication “El Caimán Barbudo” and the Delphic Course, by José Lezama Lima. Of his production, “Long Journey of Ashes” stands out, a work that inaugurates within Latin American literature the novel about the Cuban Revolution. He has published various works in his country and abroad, among which are: “The mountain in the hat”, “Martí on the lips”, and “The old woman who flies”. In Cuba he has received, on two occasions, the National Critics Award. In Costa Rica he won the Aquileo J. Echeverría National Prize for novels and the "Áncora" Prize for literature.