Jesús DÃaz (writer)
Jesús Díaz Rodríguez ( * July 10, 1941 in Havana, Cuba; † 3 May 2002, Madrid, Spain) was a Cuban writer and director.
He grew up in a poor neighborhood of Havana, the son of an employee and a textile worker.
In 1956, Díaz joined the movement against the rule of dictator Fulgencio Batista. He was co-organizer of student strikes and fought on the side of Fidel Castro for a socialist revolution.
From 1971 to 1990 Díaz worked at the State Film Institute in Cuba. He was co-editor of the philosophical journal Pensamiento Crítico. In 1991 he was a DAAD scholarship to Berlin where she taught at the Film Academy. For political reasons, his return to Cuba was denied.
Since then, he lived in Berlin and Madrid. There he was editor of the Cuban exile magazine Encuentro.
Among his most important published works include the novels on German " The initials of the Earth," " The skin and the mask ", " Tell me about Cuba " and " The Interpreter ."
Among his most important screenplays include " You have the floor ," " Red Dust " and " alienation." For his film " 55 hermanos " got Díaz in 1978 an invitation to the International Film Festival of Cannes.