Noel Navarro

Journalist, narrator of novels and short stories, and essay writer.

He completed primary education at the Escuela Normal de Holguín (Oriente); secondary education at the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de Santa Clara.

After finishing secondary education, he moved to Camagüey, where he helped in the Movimiento Revolucionario 26 de Julio[3], which opposed the regime of Fulgencio Batista. Noel Navarro was one of the writers who followed Rolando Escardó.

After Batista fell and during the time of the Revolution, he worked at the Instituto Nacional de Reforma Agraria.
In 1960, he participated in the Encounter of Poets and Artists that was held in Camagüey.

The following year, 1961, he attended the Congress of Writers and Artists of Cuba that took place in La Habana.

In 1968 he participated in the 150th anniversary of Baguiv (from the province of Taskent, Uzbekistan, then part of the Soviet Union).

He was a member of the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC).

As a journalist, he directed the magazine Culturales and worked for the following publications:
Casa de las Américas
Con la Guardia en Alto
Cuba
Diario Libre
La Gaceta de Cuba
Granma
Hoy, and its supplement Hoy Domingo
Juventud Rebelde
La Mujer Soviética (Soviet Union)
Mujeres
El Mundo (Soviet Union)
Prensa Libre
Pueblo y Cultura
Revolución and its literary supplement Lunes de Revolución
Romances
La Tarde
Unión
Vanidades

He was a member of the Department of International Relations of the Consejo Nacional de Cultura.
He provided his services as a specialist in the Literature Department of the Instituto Cubano del Libro, where he worked until his retirement.

Works
Los días de nuestra angustia, La Habana, Ediciones R., 1962.
Los caminos de la noche (Novel), La Habana, Ediciones Granma, 1967.
From "El principio y el fin", Casa de las Américas, La Habana, no. VII(40) (Jan.-Feb., 1967), pp. 67-71.
"Something More on Al filo del agua by Agustín Yáñez", Casa de las Américas, La Habana, no. VIII(45) (Nov.-Dec., 1967), pp. 172-174.
El plano inclinado, La Habana, Instituto del Libro, 1968.
Zona de silencio, La Habana, UNEAC, 1971.
La huella del pulgar. Note by Poli Délano. Design by Alfredo Rostgaard, La Habana, Ediciones Casa de las Américas, 1972.
Cambio de máscara / Poli Délano. Notes by Noel Navarro. Design by Umberto Peña, La Habana, Casa de las Américas, 1973. Casa de las Américas Prize. Short story. 1973.
Donde cae la luna, Arte y Literatura, La Habana, 1977.
El Retrato, Letras Cubanas,[13] La Habana, 1978.
Última campaña de un elegido, UNEAC, La Habana, 1979.
Brillo de sol sobre el acero, Letras Cubanas, 1981.
Techo y sepultura, Letras Cubanas, 1984.
El Círculo de fuego, La Habana, Letras Cubanas, 1986.

Mentions and Awards
1961: Los días de nuestra angustia. Ediciones R. Prize.
1967: Los caminos de la noche. Ediciones Granma Prize.
El plano inclinado. UNEAC Mention.
1968: Cenit Publishing House Prize at the Ateneo de Gijón.
1969: El sol sobre la piedra. UNEAC Mention.
1970: Vida de Marcial Ponce. Mention in the 26 de Julio competition.
Zona de silencio. UNEAC Mention.
1972: La huella del pulgar (short story collection). Casa de las Américas competition prize.
1992: El asedio. Príncipe de Asturias Prize in the novel category.
El sol de mediodía: International Novel Prize "Andalucía".

In 1961, Ediciones R awarded his novel Los días de nuestra angustia.
His novel Los caminos de la noche was awarded by Ediciones Granma in 1967.
He won mention in the UNEAC Competition (1967 and 1969) with his novels El plano inclinado and El sol sobre la piedra, respectively.
Prize at the Ateneo de Gijón from Cenit Publishing House (Spain, 1968).
His testimonial novel Vida de Marcial Ponce won mention in the 1970 26 de Julio Competition.
He was awarded by UNEAC in 1970 for his novel Zona de silencio.
In 1972 he won the prize in the Casa de las Américas Competition for his short story collection La huella del pulgar.
Príncipe de Asturias Prize in the novel category, 1992 for El asedio.
With El sol de mediodía he received the International Novel Prize "Andalucía".