 In 1965, he won an award at the Biblioteca Breve from Seix Parral Editorial Awards in Barcelona for his novel "Pasión de Urbino (Urbino's Passion)" and received the Literary Critics Prize for "Temporadas de Angeles (Angel's Season)" (1983).He undertook diplomatic activities as cultural counselor in the Cuban embassies of Chile, Great Britain and Soviet Union.He penned the script for the musical comedy "El Solar", which has been made into a movie and a ballet.