Jacobo Machover was born in Havana in 1954 but now lives in Paris. He teaches Spanish language, literature and culture at the University of Paris XII. He has been a reviewer for Lib ration and the Magazine litt raire. A former supporter of the Cuban revolution, he began to pull back from it in the late 70s, as he learned more about daily life for most Cubans and met former political prisoners. Working with both internal dissidents and Cubans in exile, he translated and distributed texts by opponents of the regime. He has published an anthology of short stories, "L'an prochain la Havane" ( d. d...