Biography of a Runaway Slave - Barnet, Miguel
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Originally published in 1966, Miguel Barnetâ s Biography of a Runaway Slave provides the written history of the life of Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as a fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier fighting against Spain in the Cuban War of Independence. A new introduction by William Luis, situates Barnetâ s ethnographic strategy and lyrical narrative style.

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Originally published in 1966, Miguel Barnetâ s Biography of a Runaway Slave provides the written history of the life of Esteban Montejo, who lived as a slave, as a fugitive in the wilderness, and as a soldier fighting against Spain in the Cuban War of Independence. A new introduction by William Luis, situates Barnetâ s ethnographic strategy and lyrical narrative style.
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MIGUEL BARNET was born in Havana in 1940. A storyteller, poet, and ethnologist, his works include the testimonials The Biography of a Runaway Slave and Rachel's Song (both published in English by Curbstone, 1995), Gallego, La vida real, and Oficio de ángel; numerous books of poetry in Spanish; and Akeké y la jutía (Cuban fables). His work has received national and international awards, including the Cuban National Prize for Literature (1994), the International Poetry Award of Trieste (2005), and the Juan Rulfo Prize for Latin American and Caribbean Literature (2006). Since 2004 he has been Distinguished Professor at the National University of San Marcos, Peru. W. NICK HILL has translated a number of Spanish American authors, most recently Mexican poet Jorge Fernández Granados. Hill's latest book of poems is And We'd Understand Crows Laughing. WILLIAM LUIS is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of Spanish at Vanderbilt University and editor of the Afro-Hispanic Review. He has authored, edited, and coedited fourteen books, including Literary Bondage: Slavery in Cuban Narrative; Looking Out, Looking In: Anthology of Latino Poetry; and The AmeRícan Poet: Essays on the Works of Tato Laviera. Luis was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship for 2012. Born and raised in New York City, he is widely regarded as a leading authority on Latin American, Caribbean, Afro-Hispanic, and Latino U.S. literatures.