and culture. Representation in other media The composer Hans Werner Henze wrote a piece, El Cimarrón, based on Barnet's book. Henze also set a poem by Barnet, "Patria," for his 1973 song-cycle Voices. Gallego was adapted as a 1988 Cuban-Spanish film of the same name, with a screenplay by Mario Camus and directed by Manuel Octavio Gómez. Books 1963, La piedra fina y el pavorreal (“The Gem and the Peacock”)- poetry collection 1964, Isla de güijes (“Island of Sprites”) - poetry collection 1966, Biografia de un cimarrón 1969 Canción de Rachel (Rachel’s Song), also a kind of testimonial, is based on printed sources rather than direct interviews. He created this account as a composite of individuals whom he researched. The subject is an elderly diva from a Havana burlesque show. 1981 Gallego (“Galician”). Barnet again combined elements of the lives of several people to create a first-person portrait of a young male Spanish immigrant from Galicia to Cuba in 1916. 1986, La vida real (“Real Life”). He used this technique again to re-create the lives of Cubans who immigrated to the United States as workers before the 1959 revolution. 1989, Oficio de Angel (“Angel’s Trade”), is an autobiographical novel. Barnet also has continued to write poetry. In 1993 he published a collection as Con pies de gato ("With Cat’s Feet"). Honors and awards In 1994, Barnet was awarded Cuba's Premio Nacional de Literatura (National Prize for Literature), the most important award of its type in Cuba. In 2006, he received the Premio Internacional de Cuento Juan Rulfo (Juan Rulfo International Short Story Prize) for his short story "Fátima o el Parque de la Fraternidad." In 2012, World Literature Today published the English translation of his short story, titled "Fátima, Queen of the Night," and subsequently nominated it for the Pushcart Prize. He received the National Order of the Legion of Honour of France. Works Novels Canción de Rachel (1969) Gallego (1983) La vida real (1986) Oficio de ángel (1989) Poetry La piedrafina y el pavorreal (1963) Isla de güijes (1964) La sagrada familia (1967) Orikis y otros poemas (1980) Carta de noche (1982) Viendo mi vida pasar (anthology, 1987) Mapa del tiempo (1989) Poemas chinos (1993) Con pies de gato (anthology, 1993) Actas del final (2000) Gioco Comune, Trieste, FrancoPuzzoEditore, Premio Internazionale Trieste Poesia, 2005 Essays and ethnographies Biografía de un cimarrón (1966) Akeké y la Jutía. Fábulas cubanas Cultos