He won acclaim for his first novel Singing from the Well. A crackdown on artists and homosexuals meant his later works, including Hallucinations and The Palace of the White Skunks could not be published in  
He won acclaim for his first novel Singing from the Well. A crackdown on artists and homosexuals meant his later works, including Hallucinations and The Palace of the White Skunks could not be published in  [*] Cuba, and he was forced to flee government persecution in the Mariel boatlift. For 10 points—name this writer who told his story in his autobiography Before Night Falls.
He won acclaim for his first novel Singing from the Well. A crackdown on artists and homosexuals meant his later works, including Hallucinations and The Palace of the White Skunks could not be published in  
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