José Triana

José Triana (4 January 1931 – 4 March 2018) was a Cuban poet and playwright.

Life and career Born in Hatuey, Camagüey Province on 4 January 1931, Triana attended the University of Oriente. where he began his career as a playwright. Most his early plays were inspired by Greek tragedy. Triana wrote his first play, The Major General Will Speak of Theogony, in 1957, and began work on his best known play Night of the Assassins later that year. After Fidel Castro took power in 1959, Triana returned to Cuba.

In 1965, he was awarded the Casa de las Américas Prize for Night of the Assassins,