Carlos Rubio Albet, Award Winning Cuban American Author

CARLOS RUBIO ALBET was born in Pinar del Río, Cuba. In 1961 he came to the United States and finished high school in Wilmington, Delaware. His first short story was published while attending Concord College in Athens, West Virginia. His work, in English and Spanish, has appeared in the anthologies 20 Cuentistas Cubanos, Cuban American Writers, Distinct Voices, Narrativa y Libertad and Motu Proprio. In 1989 his novel Quadrivium received the "Nuevo León International Prize for Novels." He has been twice a finalist in the Letras de Oro literary competition. In 2004 his novel Dead Time received Foreword Magazine's Book of the Year Award. He is currently working on a yet untitled volume of short stories.

CARLOS RUBIO ALBET nació en Pinar del Río, Cuba. En 1961 emigró a los Estados Unidos donde concluyó sus estudios de bachillerato en Wilmington, Delaware. Su primer cuento salió a la luz mientras cursaba estudios universitarios en Concord College, en Athens, West Virginia. Su obra, en inglés y en español, ha aparecido en las antologías 20 Cuentistas Cubanos, Cuban American Writers, Distinct Voices, Narrativa y Libertad y Motu Proprio. En 1989 su novela Quadrivium obtuvo el "Premio Internacional de Novela Nuevo León". Ha sido dos veces finalista en el concurso literario Letras de Oro. En 2004 su novela Tiempo Muerto recibió el premio Book of the Year Award de la revista Foreword. Actualmente trabaja en un libro de cuentos, aún sin título.