âŠfirst book, the short-story collection Tute de reyes (âKingâs Flushâ), won Cubaâs major literary award, the Casa de las AmĂ©ricas Prize, in 1967, and in 1969 he won the Writersâ Union annual short-story prize with his volume El escudo de hojas secas (âThe Shield of Dry Leavesâ).
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