Narrator Yoss Invited to Cuban Literary Jubilee

Narrator, essayist, and critic José Miguel Sánchez Gómez, known as Yoss, will be the featured guest at the Cuban Literary Jubilee event hosted by journalist and critic Fernando Rodríguez Sosa. The event is set to take place this Wednesday, April 17th, at 3 p.m. at the Fayad Jamís Bookstore.

Considered one of the most influential voices in Cuban science fiction and fantasy literature, Yoss graduated with a degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Havana in 1991. He also completed the first course at the Onelio Jorge Cardoso Literary Training Center in 1999.

Yoss boasts an extensive bibliography, including titles such as «Timshel,» winner of the David Prize in 1988; «W,» recipient of the Pinos Nuevos Prize in 1995; «Los pecios y los náufragos,» awarded the Luis Rogelio Nogueras Prize in 1998; «XXXXX…L,» winner of the Carlos III University Prize in Madrid in 2002, and «Precio justo,» recipient of the Calendario Prize in 2004.

His narratives have been featured in anthologies and periodicals in Switzerland, Colombia, Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Greece, the United States, and Cuba, among other countries.

Born in Havana in 1969, Yoss has received numerous awards, including the Ernest Hemingway Prize in 1993, the Love Story Prize in Las Tunas in 1998, the Humorous Text Aquelarre Prize in 2001, the Erotic Story Farraluque Prize in 2002, the Domingo Santos Prize for Science Fiction Short Story in 2005 (Spain), third place in the Casa de Teatro Short Story Contest in 2006 (Dominican Republic), second place in the Alberto Magno Science Fiction Short Story Contest in 2008 (Spain), and the UPC Science Fiction Prize in 2010 (Spain).

He is the founder of the science fiction literary workshops Espiral and Espacio Abierto and has been a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba since 1994.

During this event, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase the book «Otras tierras, otros soles. Una mirada a la ciencia ficción,» published by Editorial Letras Cubanas, which includes a selection of texts by Cuban and foreign authors, including Yoss.

The Cuban Literary Jubilee, a monthly event at the Fayad Jamís Bookstore sponsored by Editorial Letras Cubanas, launched in September 2022, aims to celebrate the birthdays of authors featured in the editorial catalog.

Source: Cuban Book Institute

Translated by Luis E. Amador Dominguez