Carlos Alberto Montaner

Carlos Alberto Montaner, born in Cuba in 1943, is a novelist, essayist, jour­nalist, and film-script writer. He has been a press correspondent in Latin America, Europe, and the Middle East, and his syndicated column, "At Point Blank Range," is published in dozens of Spanish and Latin American news­papers. Montaner is the author of Perromundo (novel, 1972), Witch's Poker Game (short stories, 1968), Instantáneas al Borde del Abismo (short stories, 1970), 200 Años de Gringos (essays, 1976), El Ojo del Ciclón (es­says, 1979) and other books. He has taught Latin American literature in several universities